Comparing Imperative and Functional Algorithms in Java 8

Mario Fusco’s popular tweet impressively shows what the main difference between imperative and functional approaches to similar algorithms really is:…

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How to use Java 8 Functional Programming to Generate an Alphabetic Sequence

I’ve stumbled upon an interesting Stack Overflow question by user “mip”. The question was: I’m looking for a way of…

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Stream Performance

When I read Angelika Langer’s Java performance tutorial – How fast are the Java 8 streams? I couldn’t believe that…

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Common SQL Clauses and Their Equivalents in Java 8 Streams

Functional programming allows for quasi-declarative programming in a general purpose language. By using powerful fluent APIs like Java 8’s Stream…

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What is the fastest Garbage Collector in Java 8?

OpenJDK 8 has several Garbage Collector algorithms, such as Parallel GC, CMS and G1. Which one is the fastest? What…

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Java 8’s Method References Put Further Restrictions on Overloading

Method overloading has always been a topic with mixed feelings. We’ve blogged about it and the caveats that it introduces…

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Using Java 8 CompletableFuture and Rx-Java Observable

I wanted to explore a simple scatter-gather scenario using Java 8 CompletableFuture and using Rx-Java Observable. The scenario is simple…

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Java SE 8 new features tour: Processing Collections with Streams API

Cleaner, readable, and powerful coding with Java SE 8 Streams….. In this article of the “Java SE 8 new features…

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Java performance tutorial – How fast are the Java 8 streams?

In this JAX Magazine sneak preview, JAX London speaker Angelika Langer answers the most important question for anyone using Java…

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