The JVM has two primary functions: to allow Java programs to run on any device or operating system (known as the “write once, run anywhere” principle), and to manage and optimize program memory.

11 ways Java programming is better than it used to be (and one way it’s not) Virtual threads Structured concurrency Immutable data Garbage collection Pattern matching Streamlined syntax Sealed ...

Java 21 is here, and it includes many improvements, such as the preview of virtual threads and the final version of the generational ZGC. Most updates in Java are categorized into different named ...

Java historically has dealt with this problem partly through a powerful concurrency API and thread pooling. Now Java developers are abuzz about virtual threads, a feature introduced in Java 21. Java ...

The following excerpt of Java 21 code runs the same thread creation logic from within a Docker container that uses the default settings as the Java 11 example. However, instead of using Thread thread ...

JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 191 defines the Java Foreign Function Interface (FFI), which are interfaces that can bind native functions to Java methods and can manage blocks of native memory. This J ...

This ability resides in the native language. Java code can also be invoked from C or C++ but you need to load the Java Virtual Machine in C or C++ program. Pre-requisites ...

If your microcontroller is too small, just disable the functions you don’t need. As for how well – and how fast – μJ is able to run, [Dimitri] threw up a demo of an ATMega644 and PIC24 ...

The most exciting innovations of 2023 aimed at increasing Java performance in the cloud included such features as virtual threads and further development of the Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint ...