Matthew Gerring

Java 8

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Move January to Java 8 https://github.com/eclipse/january/issues/422

Java 8 is an old enough standard now and allows lambdas. Suggest move to Java 8.

There should be a speed test showing the issue (if any) between compiler optimization and January

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It would be good to have a speed test to show where the current nD looping under performs against the compiler optimized basic loop. If January is slow then the...

January should use the intel instructions better

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January abstracts loops inside itself and uses one of its iterators. In the case where a loop could be done in a primitive way, there should be an appropriate test...

Eventually migrate DatasetStreamSupport and SliceStreamSupport in dawnsci to janauary. This will require a change to java 8. @see https://github.com/eclipse/january/issues/118