[jaxytee]

I was referring to the Clojure vs Scala as a Java replacement competition, by if you think Java 8 is a Clojure/Scala Killer your mistaken.

First things first, Java 8's Lambda implementation is shoddy at best compared to first class function support in Scala/Clojure. The entire idea of having to explicitly convert a collection to a stream to access map/filter functions is non optimal. You don't just add lambdas to a language and automatically expect them to lift it's collections libraries to the level of Scala's and Clojure. The collection's lambda operations are the real benefit of using a language with first class function support.

The other inconvenient truth is that you still will be writing Java code, in all of it boilerplate glory. Still no Scala like type inference, no Clojure esque homoiconicity, no ability to reduce everything to a value like in Clojure/Scala, just plain old "it'll work" Java.