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Everything About Java 8
New submitter reygahnci writes "I found a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8 including: improvements to interfaces, functional interfaces, lambdas, functions, streams, parallels, date/time improvements, and more. The article includes example code with realistic examples of use as well as explaining the reasoning behind some of the choices made by the developers who are working on Java 8."
I can't wait!
In December 1974, the lambda was officially declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, so it fits right in here with the slasdhot fanbois.
Highlights of Java 8 include
Green solutions. Advanced power management features, and automatic tracking of each thread's carbon footprint. An console allows users to see the carbon footprint of each thread in real time.
Social networking. Users can share jar files on social networks, and like their friends jar files.
Cloud computing. Java 8 will be the first VM built for the cloud.
I say we start a pool on how many zero days will be availible by the time it launches or even if we want to be generous, within the first week.
I will start it off with 7
After all the security vulnerabilities patched this year, I would think they're feeling the pressure to make sure there isn't a repeat.
Normally one would think that, but this is Oracle we're talking about.