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Java 8 Released

posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 21 2014, @02:51PM   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: 5, Insightful) by skullz on Friday March 21 2014, @03:06PM

    by skullz (2532) on Friday March 21 2014, @03:06PM (#19431)

    I know this is replying to flaimbait and that clearly you have never actually written anything besides PHP with some Node.js thrown in for "extra cool!" but Java, like C, runs the Internet, your car, your phone, your smart TV, and maybe even your toothbrush.

    No escaping Java!

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by tniemi on Friday March 21 2014, @03:58PM

    by tniemi (1639) on Friday March 21 2014, @03:58PM (#19458)

    And Minecraft.

    (The sole reason that desktop machines still have Java installed.)