Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional ... One common side effect in imperative programming is when an assignment statement mutates a variable by changing its stored value.

We attended a lecture and asked some Intro to CS and Java students, as well as Professor ... Assignments and Exams: One midterm, one final, weekly homework assignments that alternate between ...

As you can see in the following var examples, the left-hand side of the assignment does not reference a Java types ... The var keyword cannot be used in place of every variable declaration in a Java ...