A new JEP draft has been filed to create a no-op garbage collector: a GC that doesn't actually reclaim memory. This is aimed at aiding JVM implementers and researches and, to a lesser extent, ultra-performant applications that generate little to no garbag... (more…)

Amazon Web Services has added another computer science heavyweight to its employee roster. James Gosling, often referred to as the “Father of Java,” announced on Facebook Monday that he would be joining the cloud provider as a distinguished engineer. ... (more…)

Last updated on 2020/09/29 to include changes up to JDK 15. (more…)

Java.util package provides a Calendar class which represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision. (more…)

But due to Java’s release schedule, the Object.finalize feature will likely stick around for a while... (more…)