Imperative versus Declarative Collection Processing: An RCT on the Understandability of Traditional Loops versus the Stream API in Java

Java introduced in version 8 with the Stream API means to operate on collections using lambda expressions. Since then, this API is an alternative way to handle collections in a more declarative manner instead of the traditional, imperative style using loops. However, whether the Stream API is benefi...

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Published in:	2022 IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) pp. 1157 - 1168
Main Authors:	Mehlhorn, Nils, Hanenberg, Stefan
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	ACM 01.05.2022
Subjects:	Codes Computer languages Declarative Imperative Java Lambda Expressions Programming Programming Languages Streams Task analysis Time factors Usability
ISSN:	1558-1225
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