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Java 8 Released

posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 21 2014, @06:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the Now-with-all-new-exploits! dept.

Sir Garlon writes:

"Oracle released version 8 of the Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 to general availability on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (A release candidate has been available since January 2014.) The release notes include a long list of security improvements as well as support for lambda expressions."

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21 2014, @09:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21 2014, @09:59PM (#19489)

    I had been superficially exposed to Lisp for a long time, but never bothered with it due to its almost grammar-free nature, but Clojure got me to learn Lisp. Even if you don't end up using it as one of your main language, your effort at learning Clojure/Lisp will be rewarded - it definitely expands the way you think about how to solve problems.

    Scala is another JVM language with FP empahsis. It's to Java what C++ was to C - seemingly a good idea initially, but one thing led to another and it has been turning into an unholy monster. Ultimately, I don't trust the judgment of the guy leading its development. Doesn't help that he was a principal behind Java generics.

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