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I wasn't trying to solve the problem of parallel processing, nor was I suggesting that its core problem is boilerplate. The point of the article was simply trying to show a part of the language that I think is neat and elegant to people who may not be familiar with it. As I mention in the opening paragraph, the top tutorial hits on Google make no mention of the map function.

Secondly, I wasn't really "picking" on Java. A one line comment about Java liking classes is pretty far from being "unfair," me thinks. Again, in the context of the article, I was simply (attempting (though may have failed)) to use it as a (hopefully mild-chuckle worthy) example of the different ways things can be done in a language.

Finally, I'm not entirely sure why your complaining about stripped down example code... It's example code, man.