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Which would be a relevant point if the Java language had changed since 1994, 1958 called it wants it's lack of closures back.

Oh please. NIO, Generics, annotations. Here's a comprehensive list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history

Whatever you think of Java, it has improved HUGELY since the 90s. Though it does miss closures.

Java 8....we can always hope.

C# 3 had lambdas with closures. It's only three and half years old now. What kept you?