"Mr. President, we must not allow a Lambda gap!” Over 6 months ago, Java 8 officially arrived and filled the "Lambda Gap”.

While many projects are stuck on Java 7 (not to mention Java 6), there are some projects adopting Java 8. And even relying on the Java 8 feature set. And not just Lambdas.

So, what is it like using Java 8 in anger on a new greenfield project? If you could do things from scratch, how would your thinking change? Is Java 8 suitable for high performance? What are the concerns around Streams? Would it surprise you to know that the rules for when using a lambda causes allocation is tied directly to what it closes over? Did you know that Java now has a somewhat slow form of "duck typing”?

We’ll take a look at how Java 8 has faired with a few new high performance network projects and see what we can take away. The Good and The Bad.

The panelists will discuss Java performance subjects, bringing their specific experiences to bear. The discussion will compare Java with other runtimes and languages, and debate recent and future Java-specific performance subjects.