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		_bxg1 on May 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SwiftWasm: Run Swift in Browsers My understanding is that in cases like Java and C++, the lambdas aren't truly first-class; they come with limitations. I could be wrong.

jb1991 on May 11, 2019 [–]

That's true about Java but not C++. C++11 introduced true lambdas, but Java's idea of lambdas is rather laughable by comparison and nowhere near as flexible.

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