Lambda Expressions

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Programming Concept
gptkbp:advantage Easier Parallelization
Improved Readability
Less Boilerplate Code
gptkbp:alternativeTo Anonymous Inner Classes (Java)
Delegate (C#)
Function Objects
Named Functions
gptkbp:enables gptkb:Asynchronous_Programming
Event Handling
Immutability
Declarative Programming
Higher-Order Functions
Callback Functions
Concise Code
Functional Composition
Functional Interface Implementation
LINQ (C#)
Map/Reduce Operations
Stream API (Java)
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Closure
Anonymous Function
First-Class Function
gptkbp:hasSyntax (x) -> x + 1 (Java)
lambda x: x + 1 (Python)
x => x + 1 (C#)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lambda Expressions
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Java_8
gptkb:C#_3.0
ECMAScript 6 (JavaScript)
gptkbp:limitation Can Reduce Debuggability
Limited to Functional Interfaces (Java)
May Impact Performance
Not Always Self-Documenting
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Lambda_Calculus
gptkbp:relatedTo Anonymous Functions
Closures
Functional Programming Paradigm
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Java
gptkb:JavaScript
gptkb:Python
gptkb:Swift
gptkb:C#
gptkb:C++
gptkb:Kotlin
gptkb:Scala
gptkb:Functional_Programming
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Java_SE_8+
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7