Bugs that are detected earlier during the development lifecycle are easier and cheaper to fix, whereas bugs that are found during production are difficult and expensive to address, and may have dire consequences. Type systems are particularly effective at... (more…)

Over the past year my team has been doing something shocking to a lot of engineers: we’re favoring pure Java over Clojure. We aren’t …...

James Gosling is the founder and lead designer of the Java programming language. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast:... (more…)

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.

JEP 445, Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview), has been promoted from its Proposed to Target to Targeted status. This feature of JEP, formerly entitled Implicit Classes and Enhanced Main Methods (Preview), proposes to "evolve the Java langu... (more…)