Software that converts a Java source program into bytecode (intermediate language) or to a just-in-time (JIT) compiler that converts bytecode into machine language. It may also refer to compiling the ...

New features like var, auto-compile, text blocks, record classes, and more are shifting Java in subtle but powerful ways—toward a more flexible, dynamic future. Java has made some big shifts over the ...

A new generation of JVM technologies is reshaping how businesses build, deploy, and scale mission-critical Java applications.

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In the world of IDE-based development, programmers can easily become detached from JDK and the underlying technology that makes their applications work. Here is a list of the five most useful Java ...

ZURICH—This alpine city is cool, efficient, and fun. Fittingly, so are the young software developers here who are fine-tuning a groundbreaking multilingual virtual machine. GraalVM may be an under-the ...