It is not uncommon that we need to represent an array of Boolean (true or false) values. There are multiple ways to do it. The most natural way could be to construct an array of booleans (the native Java type). It is likely that when stored in an array, J... (more…)

GPUs, FPGAs, or multi-core CPUs are present in almost every computing system today. These devices help increase performance and run more efficient workloads, but most frameworks are built on C or C++ only. At QCon Plus, Juan Fumero spoke about TornadoVM, ... (more…)

TrailDB is a library, implemented in C, which allows you to query series of events at blazing speed. The database is made of trails, which… (more…)

At work today I came across an Eclipse feature for cleaning up Java code. It helps you to improve the code, for example to add final to attributes or parameters, or to improve boolean expressions. (more…)

James Gosling explains his motivations for creating programming language Java. (more…)