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Lambdas and Other Java 8 Features

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Rarely, if ever, has there been a new release of Java that created as much interest as Java 8, which was officially released in early 2014. By far the most talked-about change was the introduction of lambda expressions, although the new release also included a number of other changes, such as the following:

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Spell, B. (2015). Lambdas and Other Java 8 Features. In: Pro Java 8 Programming. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0641-6_3

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