Finalizing the Java On-ramp - Inside Java Newscast #90

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0:00 Intro
0:37 Finalizing the On-Ramp
4:12 What's in a Name
7:11 Outro

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Tags: #Java #JDK25 #PpenJDK

[Ewig_Luftenglanz]

This was one of the things i was waiting to be finished and be used in production.

The main one (besides valhalla) is collections literals. Gosh we need those super badly!

[julianjupiter]

I wish they consider the following:
- collection literals
- record-like canonical constructor for enums and classes
- elvis and null-coalescing operators
- optional {} for empty classes, interface and records

[AmirSina.R]

I'm gonna miss public static void main string args

[victormadu]

I would love to see constant improvement in terms of performance and memory efficiency with new versions

[kyjo]

_"Implicit"_ seems like a good term, intuitively. The omitted parts are "implied". On the other hand "compact" makes it seem like the class should be small which might not be the case... just my 2c.

[ShamrozKhan-dttc]

Java 25 will be ultimate, i am having a strong feeling

[nisonatic]

I'll have to play around with replacing all the hokey scripts I have with regular Java. They're not trying to make it into a scripting language, but if I had a JAR with a bunch of useful libraries available with "import module my. shell;" it may as well be. And, at this point, I'm just finding that the true wonder of late-binding languages is wondering what the heck I wrote a year ago.

[EdmondDantèsDE]

No more public static void main string args jokes, Tony. They're hurtful and they're destructive.

[personal]

Heads down, music up — "Instrument God" (in spotify) has the best tracks for work sprints. 🎶🖥️

[CoolestPossibleName-swp]

This is a step in the right direction, but please don't try to compress everything by inventing100 new keywords. Sometimes verbosity is better than hidden magic.

[julianjupiter]

I thought we will be writing println(), but why IO.println() now?

[ShamrozKhan-dttc]

Can java team do something to reduce memory usage in java, like virtual theread are doing a good job but still jav a eats alot

[claudemartin]

What was that intro? Juniors struggling learning Java and already having nightmares will be traumatised by this. And they must wonder who those yellow cartoon characters are.

[drexexf]

int num = ❌
int num = IO.readInt(); ✅

So, could you add these methods?
IO.readByte()
IO.readShort()
IO.readInt()
IO.readLong()
IO.readFloat()
IO.readDouble()
IO.readChar()
IO.readBool()