[ANN] JAVAWUG BOF 35 Closures in Java - Comparing The Choices ::
London, UK :: 03-Mar-2008

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Hi

Here is the announcement for JAVAWUG BOF 35 ``''.
This event will taking place at Skills Matter, London on Monday 3rd
March 2008 from 6:30pm - 8pm.

Talk:

Subject: Closures in Java - Comparing the choices

Speakers: Stephen Colebourne, Sun Java Champion

Abstract:

'Closures' are one of the hottest topics in the Java community right
now. The debate is over whether some form of closures would be a
useful and worthwhile addition to the Java programming language in
version 7.

This talk will explain what a closure is and compare the three main
proposals - BGGA, FCM and CICE. After attending you will be able to
form your own opinions on whether Java should be changed, and which
proposal is the way to go.

Biography

   * Java Champion
   * Co-author, FCM closures
   * Regular contributor to Java language change debate
   * Conference speaker
   * Co-spec lead, JSR-310, Date and Time API
   * Project lead, Joda-Time
   * Member, Apache Software Foundation
   * http://jroller.com/scolebourne

References

   * BGGA = Gilad Bracha, Neal Gafter, James Gosling and Peter von
der Ahé

Proposal http://www.javac.info/closures-v05.html
Main Page http://www.javac.info/

   * FCM = First Class Methods by Stephen Colebourne and Stefan
Schulz

Proposal http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddhp95vd_0f7mcns

   * CICE = Concise Instance Creation Expressions by Bob Lee, Doug
Lea and Josh Bloch

Proposal http://docs.google.com/View?docid=k73_1ggr36h

For more info
http://www.jroller.com/javawug/entry/javawug_bof_35_closures_in

For registration
http://skillsmatter.com/javawug

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