> The customers and customerOrderGroups are intermediate. The `customers` and `customerOrderGroups` are variables in each of the examples. Which is the point o

> The customers and customerOrderGroups are intermediate. The `customers` and `customerOrderGroups` are variables in each of the examples. Which is the point of a close 1:1 translation between different languages. linq43 groups Customer Orders in a single expression by Year/Month into an anonymous structure. This just doesn't translate very well to Java 7 which lacks many of the language features to make it more readable. Of course it can be rewritten using Java 8 streams which is much better suited for functional programming courtesy of lambda's (which is the primary cause for much of the boiler-plate). But until it's supported in Android we have to make do with what we have. ---- Should also give a shout-out to RetroLambda which I just discovered in the comments: https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda Which looks like it's a post-build Maven and Gradle plugin to back port Java 8 features to be able to run on Java 7 Android and JVM runtime. Not sure if there are any disadvantages with this approach (debugging?) but it's an interesting alternative. Another option would be to just use a different JVM language, Kotlin looks the most appealing to me which supports Android and has good Java interoperability: http://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/kotlin-android.html http://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/kotlin-android.html