Richard Dallaway  It's mostly technical stuff here. Mostly.
August 4, 2011  Review of "Functional Programming for Java
Developers"  Dean Wampler, 2011, Functional Programming for Java
Developers, O'Reilly Media. 88 pages.   This is the book for you
if you code in Java, you've heard of functional and want to know
what the fuss is about, but you want it in terms of the
constructs of Java that you already know.  "This book explains
why functional programming has become an important tool for the
challenges of our time" and acknowledges that "much of the
literature on functional programming is difficult to understand
for people who are new to it."    In 88 pages there's a limit to
what can be covered, and sure I have some reservations, but I
don't know of a better introduction for Java developers who
aren't comfortable looking at other languages.   The first
chapter addresses the "why functional?" question, which is
answered primarily in terms of bringing clarity to thinking,
more reuse and more concise code, and