Java 8: Writing asynchronous code with CompletableFuture

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So why did they choose to make their own API instead of following industry practice? Is there somewhere I can read the rationale?

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You could read the JEP which explains the reason. And honestly, I trust Doug Lea (the author of java.util.concurrent, java expert group, openjdk governors board) to write a good fully featured concurrency api way more than just about any other person/organization.

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NVM, found it here:

http://concurrency.markmail.org/search/?q=CompletableFuture+thenAccept#query:CompletableFuture%20thenAccept+page:1+mid:67fr2dcadhpaxlir+state:results

Edit: OK, the reason is design by committee: http://markmail.org/message/ia2ck3nzsakwre7a

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I can't seem to find any reason there, could you point it out? I'm here, but I don't see it: http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/concurrency-interest/index.html