[mark_l_watson]

Unless I am mistaking, Java 8 fails to address the major pain-point I have with Java: hash and array literals.

For me, one of the big wins of both Clojure and Scala is being able to handle maps, sequences, etc. conveniently.

[quatrevingts]

Really? new double[] { 1.0, 2.0 }? Arrays.asList("foo", "bar")? Guava's Map builders?

Lambdas are what make operations on data structures convenient in Scala and Clojure, not saving a few characters on the handful of literals in your code.

[pswenson]

java's main principle: preserving backwards compatibility. this is why the iterations are so small and take so long. java tip: don't look at other languages or you'll get depressed at how easy things could be or even should be

[abraininavat]

Don't forget Groovy