News: Forget about JavaOne. Let's start talking about Java 9
1. It's too early to start talking about Java 9, you say? The
sentiment is understandable, after all, the developer's preview
of Java 8 still has a long way to go before it's certified for
production. But having said that, the Java 8 feature list isn't
changing, so if you want to start the debate about which
completely new features should be added to the Java platform,
what you're really talking about is Java 9. And is there a
better venue for looking towards the future of the Java
ecosystem than the Sunday afternoon keynote at JavaOne? As he
brought the opening keynote to a close, Mark Reinhold, the chief
architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle, couldn't keep
himself from prognosticating about where the JDK will be going
once Lambda is a done deal. Here is his Java 9 tease:      "It
just shouldn't be that hard to integrate Java with native code."
Mark Reinhold, Java Platform Group      Java on the GPU (Project
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