and the Streams API in Java Welcome back to this two-part tutorial introducing functional programming in a Java context. In Functional programming for Java developers, Part 1, I used JavaScript ...

Elliott Rusty Harold is blogging that functional programming in Java is dangerous. He’s wrong, and he’s way late to the party on this one–it’s coming to Java whether he likes it or not.

“Functional Programming in Java” is a new book written to help readers get on top of the new, essential Java 8 language features and the functional style that will change and improve your code. It’s a ...

Java is transitioning into a functional programming language, introducing direct support for cloud computing and returning to its embedded-device roots, all at the same time. Already the world's most ...

There are only half a dozen classes you really need to master to become competent in the world of functional programming. The java.util.function package contains well over 40 different components, but ...

Rust, a relative newcomer in the systems programming world, boasts many functional features. C++ and Java have been adding lambdas and other functional features for years. Many of the features ...

You see, we don’t get functional programming by starting with an imperative language and cutting off its legs. A purely functional subset of Java or C or Python would be miserable little languages.

Of course, it’s technically possible to write functional/imperative code in Java ... is that other programming languages are similarly strict in terms of their grammar and structure.

This is not true of imperative where data is generally changeable and function outputs unpredictable. From imperative programming came the languages C, Java and Python, while functional ...

As Java turns 30, it’s worth re-examining its trajectory not just through celebratory anecdotes but also through the lens of its actual utility, structural longevity, and measured adaptability.