[qqueue]

The Cambrian explosion of java 8 functional libraries like this is fun to watch. Others I've come across:

- http://javaslang.com/

- https://github.com/aol/cyclops

- http://totallylazy.com/

- https://github.com/poetix/octarine

- (good ol') http://www.functionaljava.org/

The syntax for these libraries is always a little wonky though. If only these libraries also had some sort of syntax preprocessor to make it more palatable. You could call it, I don't know, Scala, or something.

[bwanab]

Exactly. I want to like these things, but they're just way to painful on the eyes.

[dangerlibrary]

whoosh?

http://www.scala-lang.org/

[incepted]

He said he wanted something that's not painful on the eyes.

[emergentcypher]

I hardly see how Scala is more painful on the eyes than good old Java.

[incepted]

Random example from a popular project:

     def bimap[C, X[_, _], D](g: Bijection[C, D])(implicit F: Bifunctor[X], evF: F[B] =:= Id[B], evG: G[A] =:= Id[A]): Bijection[X[A, C], X[B, D]] =
        bijection(
          F.bimap(_)(to(_), g.to(_)): Id[X[B, D]]
        , F.bimap(_)(from(_), g.from(_)): Id[X[A, C]]
        )

[runT1ME]

Can you show me the equivalent java code? I would guess it's 200 lines of java or more. I would much rather spend the time to learn what that's doing than reading 200 lines of java.

[emergentcypher]

And I could cherry pick something just as hideous out of Java. Congrats.

[dangerlibrary]

Hi! I see that you are new to Hacker News. Welcome.

It's unlikely that anyone cares about your opinion re: Scala's syntax and cherry-picked abuses thereof. I certainly do not. My comment was an attempt to point out the sarcasm in the root comment.

Have a nice day.

[rugmug5]

Hence Scala...