IMO it's completely inferior to LINQ in C#. One of the main reasons being that Java still lacks extension methods, so you're stuck with the methods that are pro

IMO it's completely inferior to LINQ in C#. One of the main reasons being that Java still lacks extension methods, so you're stuck with the methods that are provided for you. In C#, if I want a Dedupe in my LINQ method call chain, I can simply implement it myself.