This whole Java SE bullshido that Oracle is all up on their high horse about has made me think about why I really enjoy Forth. I’d like to lay down some of my thoughts before I forget them, because I think it’s worth preserving and discussing.

A new report released earlier this week estimates that Kotlin will surpass Java as the primary programming language used for Android apps by December 2018. (more…)

When the Java Virtual Machine compiles your Java code to machine code, one of the jobs it needs to do is to decide where to store Java local variables and other similar temporary values. Your machine has no concept of local variables, so during compilatio... (more…)

This post explores how ZGC, one of the garbage collectors in the OpenJDK, allocates memory for the Java heap, focusing on enhancements introduced in JDK-8350441 with the Mapped Cache. A garbage collector does much more than just collect garbage - and that... (more…)

Java 9 introduces unified logging, a central mechanism configurable with -Xlog to observe class loading, threading, garbage collector, module system, etc. (more…)