"OpenJDK" news, interviews, and features

News about OpenJDK

• Java CDS improvements would help boost start-up times

  Also improves peak performance and program footprints.

• OpenJDK considers async stack traces for Java

  Proposal would define an API to collect stack traces asynchronously and include information on both Java and native stack frames.

• Java collections framework needs sequences, OpenJDK proposal says

  Proposal for enhancing standard Java would define interfaces for sequenced collections, sequenced sets, and sequenced maps.

• Apple and Oracle get together on OpenJDK

  Apple to contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X