At last year’s Oracle Code One conference, Java’s rapid-release cadence—a new version every six months—was still making news. And it wasn’t even new anymore. The change in release frequency from years ...

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Those of you familiar with writing scientific applications will probably agree that your first choice in languages for core algorithms will fall somewhere around Fortran, C or C++. Notice that Java is ...

ARM Holdings plans to unveil a series of chip designs later this year that will allow mobile devices to run everything from 3D games to enterprise applications on Java. ARM's chip architectures power ...

In my consulting practice, one of the most common complaints I hear about Java is that it’s “too slow,” “too resource intensive,” or that “performance may be a problem.” These statements are often ...

Want fast Java programs? Then start with Aonix’s All-Java solution. It is especially good in hybrid environments that mix Java and C. In fact, replacing C code with Java executing in Aonix’s PERC Pico ...

It's a commonly asked question in a world where every software developer wants to get the most out of every clock cycle their programs consume. It was also a topic at a Java "Birds of a Feather" ...

Oracle this week released a free dev tool for its Fusion middleware. The new productivity tool called Oracle Developer Depot provides access to a library of reusable and sample code for rapid ...

Iterators in Java typically expect exclusive access to the data structure they loop through. If another thread tries to modify a collection of objects while an ...

Since my trusty C++ compiler produced fast math code, I just needed to call these math routines instead of the slow StrictMath routines from my Java program. Java Native Interface (JNI) enables Java ...