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Java 7: What's In It For Developers

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-a-look-under-the-hood dept.

GMGruman writes "After five years of a torturous political process and now under the new ownership of Oracle, Java SE 7 is finally out (and its initial bugs patched in the Update 1 release). So what does it actually offer? Paul Krill surveys the new capabilities that matter most for Java developers, from dynamic language support to an improved file system."

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  1. One day we will be done with java... by FlyingGuy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But not soon enough. FTFA...

    Project Coin's diamond syntax for constructor calls lets the compiler infer type arguments, and the try-with-resources statement helps the compiler make reliable code by automatically closing files, sockets, and database connections when developers forget to do this, Ratcliff says: "That's something that's been tripping up developers -- especially young developers -- for years. That'll be a good productivity improvement and will reduce bugs."

    I mean if that doesn't say it all I don't know what does. Hmm Allocate a resource, Free a resource. I think they still teach that in CS-101, then again maybe not. I alloc() therefor I free() ?".

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  2. "Java 7: What's In It For Developers" by jordan_robot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A bag of hurt.