A World Without Java

This is the inevitable final result of including that damn ASK Toolbar with every Java update. Oracle, stop bundling crapware in your security updates, befor… Read more

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When the Java Virtual Machine compiles your Java code to machine code, one of the jobs it needs to do is to decide where to store Java local variables and other similar temporary values. Your machine has no concept of local variables, so during compilatio... (more…)

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GraalVM: Polyglot VM for Java

GraalVM is a new open source project by Oracle which is trying to make Java VM an universal VM to run all the major languages. Before GraalVM, there were already few languages like Scala, Closure which targeted JVM as their runtime. This has been hugely s... (more…)

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Revisiting Java in 2021 – Part 1

With many excellent languages to choose from on the JVM, where does Java itself fit in 2021? If you haven't been keeping an eye on Java, what have you missed? Is Java still a viable, modern option when programming on the JVM? (more…)

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