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Fast programming languages are gaining ground in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, but ‘slow’ Python still leads.
Stable values combine immutable state and flexible timing of initialization, enabling optimizations for user code previously available only to JDK code.
Half of organizations that use or deploy Java-based applications and infrastructure also use Java to code AI functionality, according to the Azul 2025 State of Java report.
Major Java enhancement projects for the coming year include work on code reflection, AOT compilation, eight-byte object headers, and finalizing the structured concurrency and scoped values APIs.
A real-world example of how AI can be used to generate predictive models to help clinical decision making.
Latest version of Eclipse’s Java application server improves admin and error messages and fixes a few ‘nasty’ bugs.
The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.
Python saw a whopping increase of 9.3% in the Tiobe popularity index during 2024, despite already being rated the most popular programming language.
O’Reilly online learning platform saw huge spikes in consumption of AI-related content in 2024, while consumption of Python and Java content declined.
JavaScript remains the most used programming language, while TypeScript, Rust, and Python surge, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem report.
OpenJDK proposal would finally remove the ‘terminally deprecated’ API that neither the JDK nor web browsers support.
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