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Strong Java LTS arrives with the release of 25

But efforts to simplify popular programming language for beginners are unlikely to boost popularity Oracle has released JDK ...
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Oracle Releases Java 25 with Enhancements to the Platform’s Performance, Security, and Stability

Oracle is releasing Java 25, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform, helping organizations drive business growth by delivering thousands of ...
ADTmag

Java 25: Oracle’s Big-Tent Release—and a Clearer Roadmap for What’s Next

JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new two-year LTS cadence (after 21), and it lands with meaningful language cleanup, startup/perf work, forward-looking security, and a steady drumbeat ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Why Meta is moving its Android apps from Java to Kotlin

Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...
InfoWorld

Java plan would support GPUs and other foreign programming models

Project Babylon would extend the reach of Java to foreign programming models such as machine learning models, GPUs, SQL, and differential programming. Java would be extended to foreign programming ...
InfoWorld

What is Kotlin? The Java alternative explained

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects. Kotlin is a general purpose, free, open source, statically typed “pragmatic” ...