closures yet?
Not yet. Closures and other features were delayed to get Java 7 out sooner.
Java 7 is now available
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Re: Java 7 is now available
#12Anyone know why an OS X release is not on the list?
Re: Java 7 is now available
#13«JSR TBD: Project Lambda Lambda expressions (informally, "closures") and defender methods for the Java programming language» Welcome to the sixties, Java! Sorry, I couldn't help it >:D
That's a deferred feature. It won't make it into Java until version 8.
Re: Java 7 is now available
#14Anyone know why an OS X release is not on the list?
Apple has always handled the Java releases for Mac.. they usually come later.. often much later.
Re: Java 7 is now available
#15Anyone know why an OS X release is not on the list?
Apple manage their own java builds, and they usually lag way behind the sun/oracle releases.
With java "deprecated" in lion, who knows how long it will take this time.
Re: Java 7 is now available
#16You can now finally use a string in a switch statement, hurray (it's the little things that make me happy)!
http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/la...
Re: Java 7 is now available
#17Re: Java 7 is now available
#18«JSR TBD: Project Lambda Lambda expressions (informally, "closures") and defender methods for the Java programming language» Welcome to the sixties, Java! Sorry, I couldn't help it >:D
That's a deferred feature. It won't make it into Java until version 8.
Oh, in that case, welcome to the 50s ;)
Re: Java 7 is now available
#19Anyone know why an OS X release is not on the list?
Apple maintain their own release of the JVM for OS X.
Re: Java 7 is now available
#20closures yet?
Nope, release 8: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/lambda/