True, Java does not support => as an alternative for >= so the ambiguity does not exist. It was just a guess, but since it was probably not right, I decided to

True, Java does not support => as an alternative for >= so the ambiguity does not exist. It was just a guess, but since it was probably not right, I decided to dig. This mail post[1] explains that the extra equals sign becomes a bit annoying w/ other equal signs in the same expression. 1 - http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2011-September/004021.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2011-Septe...