Ever since dynamic languages like Groovy started making so much noise accompanied with JavaScript, the pressure has been on Java language to revamp itself. C# has been doing that pretty smartly over the years. C# started off as a pale copy of Java, has grown tremendously with features like lambda expressions, closure support, LINQ etc.,
Now that it’s time for the Java language to come of age, Java 8 has been showing a lot of promise. infoQ has come up with an interesting article on Java 8, which compares it with the Scala language. Looks like Java 8 takes a cue from Scala. The promised lambda expressions and closures in Java 8 will atleast make C# programmers smile scornfully.
You can read the article from this link.