http://wiki.apidesign.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=JDK8JDK8 - Revision history2026-04-04T06:45:29ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.12.0rc1http://wiki.apidesign.org/index.php?title=JDK8&diff=9365&oldid=prevJaroslavTulach: New page: Major breakthrough in the language features of Java has been delivered as part of JDK 1.8 - e.g. JDK8. ExtendingInterfaces can be done with Default methods (as signific...2018-03-02T13:28:21Z<p>New page: Major breakthrough in the language features of <a href="/wiki/Java" class="mw-redirect" title="Java">Java</a> has been delivered as part of <a href="/wiki/JDK" title="JDK">JDK</a> 1.8 - e.g. <a href="/wiki/JDK8" title="JDK8">JDK8</a>. <a href="/wiki/ExtendingInterfaces" title="ExtendingInterfaces">ExtendingInterfaces</a> can be done with <a href="/wiki/Default_methods" class="mw-redirect" title="Default methods">Default methods</a> (as signific...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Major breakthrough in the language features of [[Java]] has been delivered as part of [[JDK]] 1.8 - e.g. [[JDK8]]. [[ExtendingInterfaces]] can be done with [[Default methods]] (as significant change from the [[API]] perspective) and one can, of course, code using [[lambdas]]. The short [[Blogs:JaroslavTulach:Theory:History of Programming Languages|history of programming languages]] said that [[Java]] makes [[closures]] popular by not having them. [[JDK8]] fixes that!</div>JaroslavTulach