I think its a different culture. Both approaches are valid. The issue with closures and lambda syntax for java developers is probably around the fact that it i

I think its a different culture. Both approaches are valid. The issue with closures and lambda syntax for java developers is probably around the fact that it is in most cases 100% unnecessary and doesn't really add anything to the product you're building. Even our core product which is c# is devoid of such things, not because we don't know about them but because we don't need them to drag stuff out of a database and throw it on a web page. Just because closures and lambda functions are an awesome hammer, it doesn't mean every problem is a nail.