After I’ve expressed my concerns about the blockchain technology, let’s get a bit more practical with the blockchain. In particular, with Ethereum. I needed to send a transaction with Java,Continue reading... (more…)

I have made various contributions to the RoaringBitmap Java library since early 2017, often creating performance improvements. Sometimes these performance improvements are completely transparent and just kick in when users update version, but some of them... (more…)

Many developers are (or should be) aware that Java processes running inside Linux containers (docker, rkt, runC, lxcfs, etc) don’t behave as expected when we let the JVM ergonomics set the de… (more…)

In Java 8, the implementation of type-checking at compiler level was based on Speculative Attribution. In Speculative Attribution, the same tree can be type-checked against multiple targets at runtime. This is particularly used in target typing for lambda... (more…)

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