In the last example's "for" loop, a Set would probably be clearer and more effic...

aaronetz on Jan 12, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java 8: No more loops

In the last example's "for" loop, a Set would probably be clearer and more efficient than a List for gathering distinct elements, at least for large data sets. I haven't tried the functional Java yet, but I wonder if using Collectors.toSet() and skipping the distinct() stage would be better?