Even though Java is a great language, it obviously could be better; there are a number of areas where I see room for improvement. (more…)

Blog on Java, Performance, Concurrency, NIO, Unsafe, Low latency, Programming, Software, Philosophy... (more…)

Oracle has finally released Java SE 9, now available on the Oracle Technology Network. As usual the official end-user portal java.com will switch versions later, so for now it still distributes Jav… (more…)

RefDiff - A tool to compare different versions of Java source code to find refactoring changes between them... (more…)

Java type inference won't support differentiation of mutable vs immutable variables due to lack of consensus within the community regarding how this should be implemented, recent communication shows. Also, to prevent a long debate about corner cases, a nu...