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Backport of Java 8's lambda expressions to Java 7, 6 and 5

10 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 2 stories, 8 comments · first 2013-07-23 · latest 2015-11-17

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  1. You can use a good number of these today with Retrolambda: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda
    comment by thelastnode · 2015-11-17 · in Modern Java – A Guide to Java 8
  2. …with streamsupport (java.util.stream) and ThreeTen (java.time) makes Java 8 on Android possible: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda Sounds like there might be some things that are missing or incomplete, but having lambdas and the…
    comment by nileshk · 2015-09-28 · in Kotlin: A New Hope in a Java 6 Wasteland
  3. …we have. ---- Should also give a shout-out to RetroLambda which I just discovered in the comments: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda Which looks like it's a post-build Maven and Gradle plugin to back port Java 8 features to be able…
    comment by mythz · 2015-08-01 · in Java LINQ – C# LINQ examples running on Android
  4. …us out in production more often but, fortunately, it looks like >99% have no issue with 7. [1] https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda
    comment by stickydink · 2015-06-09 · in Request for Java 8 support on Google App Engine
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    Retrolambda – Backport of Java 8's lambda expressions to Java 7, 6 and 5
    story by joegreen · 2015-05-31 · 0 comments
  6. Maybe worth a look for you: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda
    comment by chwahoo · 2014-03-18 · in JDK 8 Release Notes
  7. It requires JDK 8 - but there is a project to backport the lambda syntax back to Java 7: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda
    comment by ZitchDog · 2013-12-28 · in Typesafe database interaction with Java 8
  8. Btw, if you want Lambdas now , you can try this project: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda "Retrolambda lets you run Java 8 code with lambda expressions on Java 7 or lower. It does this by transforming your Java 8 compiled bytecode…
    comment by hrjet · 2013-12-24 · in Java SE 8 Proposed Final Draft Specification — Draft 1
  9. …(small guide I set up to explain how to add all the features above) [2] https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda
    comment by yareally · 2013-10-10 · in If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy
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    Retrolambda: Use Java 8 Lambdas on Java 7
    story by petercooper · 2013-07-23 · 0 comments