Unofficial Java 8 news and thoughts from @SamBeran

Joined January 2013
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Apple Inc.: Create a taco emoji. change.org/p/apple-inc-creat… via @Change

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Decided to start using Upworthy-style commit msgs: "This one-character typo may be small, but defect it causes will leave you speechless."
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4 Apr 2013
I got asked about how Javac 8 compiles lambdas. @BrianGoetz explains it really well here: cr.openjdk.java.net/~briango…

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The True Purpose of the JDK 8 blog.informatech.cr/2013/03/…

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3 Mar 2013
RT @DZone: Exploring Java8 Lambdas. Part 1 - dzone.com/Y6mr - @DZone Big Link by jsugrue #java #jdk #lambdas

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Java 8's lambdas look *awesome*. As big a deal for Java the language as invokedynamic was for the VM. #FOSDEM
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Just wrote my first static method on an interface using JDK 1.8 :-) This will be a huge change to API design.
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25 Jan 2013
New Type Inference Engine is checked in! mail.openjdk.java.net/piperm…

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Replying to @mariofusco
@mariofusco in the example, this is the case. Also see mail.openjdk.java.net/piperm…

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netty based web server (webbit) using JDK 8 — pretty slick: gist.github.com/4470115

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Better Logging with Lambdas java8blog.com/post/397674682… << good demonstration of how lambdas can help us also in small things to write better code

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Java 8: Better Logging with Lambdas java8blog.com/post/397674682… #java8 #lambda

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Fixing Checked Exceptions in Java 8 java8blog.com/post/373855019… #java #lambda #java8

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