Java 5 Language changes were a bad idea? Closures in Java 1.7?

[Ivan Garcia]

What's the point of Closures?
http://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/08/whats-point-of-closures.html

Full Disclosure
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ahe?entry=full_disclosure

Closures in Java: Is it too late?
http://graemerocher.blogspot.com/2006/08/closures-in-java-is-it-too-late.html

Will we have closures in Java 1.7?
http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2006/08/will_we_have_closures_in_java.html

Java 5 Language changes were a bad idea
http://www.jroller.com/page/$entry.website.user.userName/?anchor=java_5_language_changes_were