@aescling @akjcv yeah, i'd say that anonymous functions and method references work just fine but having to write higher order functions using java.util.function is more of a pain in the ass than "real" first class functions

likewise, generics usually work but every once in awhile i've been bitten by the 20-year-old backwards compatibility spectre of type erasure and had to write some weird "hey this is what type i am" helpers