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code-for-a-living February 22, 2021

Choosing Java instead of C++ for low-latency systems

When it comes to developing low latency software systems, the received wisdom is that you would be crazy to use anything but C++ because anything else has too high a latency. But I’m here to convince you of the opposite, counter-intuitive, almost heretical notion: that when it comes to achieving low latency in software systems, Java is better.
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Theodoros ‘Theo’ Karasavvas
code-for-a-living July 30, 2020

Java at 25: Features that made an impact and a look to the future

I asked Georges Saab, Vice President of Software Development at Oracle’s Java Platform Group what changes to Java made the most impact and what upcoming features he believes will have a real affect on its future. Here’s some of the features that Saab feels made the language proliferate and a few that will keep it enduring.
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Ryan Donovan
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podcast July 3, 2020

Podcast 249: Java goes to outer space

To infinity and beyond.
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