Why not .NET-style delegates rather than closures in Java?

Question

OK, this is going to be my beating a dying horse for the 3rd time.

However, this question is different from my earlier two about closures/delegates, which asks about pla

Answer 1

C# has closures in addition to delegates. In my mind they are not same.

delegate = function pointer.

closure = {function, environment}. Way of defining an [anonymous] function and packaging it with its environment. Strictly speaking latter should only be called closure, the former being 'lambda expression'.