The new Java is here! Mark Reinhold, the chief architect of Java at Oracle, has just proposed the list of the 5 main elements of the JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) that should be embedded in Java 14. (more…)

Before we can talk about where generics are going, we first have to talk about where they are, and how they got there. This document will focus primarily on how we arrived at the generics we have now, and why, as a means of setting the groundwork for how ... (more…)

One day I was feeling pretty bored, so I started making a chess library. I had originally named it ChessBored, but then I decided against... (more…)

Gabriel Gonzalez recently wrote an article entitled Advice for Haskell beginners and I was mildly surprised to see that out of four tips, one was: (more…)

We all know the story: Give away an elegant, open programming environment and the world will beat a path to your door. No sweat, no matter what you decide to call it. The people charged with establishing a brand identity for Sun's lingua franca for next-g...