“Java 16 is Here!” with Mikael Vidstedt - Inside Java Podcast 15

Mikael Vidstedt discusses the release of Java 16, JVM engineering, strongly encapsulating JDK internals, and early bits of Project Valhalla.

#Java #Java16 #OpenJDK The recent release of Java 16 was a good reason to invite Mikael Vidstedt (Director of JVM Engineering) again to the show. In this episode, Chad and Mikael discuss some of the new JDK 16 features, the 6 months release cadence but also how some Valhalla initial bits are starting to gradually appear into the Java platform... and more! For more informations on Java 16, please check-out inside.java/tag/jdk%2016 Relevant resources: * JDK 16 features openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/ * JEP 396: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default openjdk.java.net/jeps/396 * JEP 395: Records openjdk.java.net/jeps/395 * “Records” (podcast) inside.java/2020/10/05/podcast-004/ * “Records Serialization” (podcast) inside.java/2021/03/08/podcast-014/ * JEP 392: Packaging Tool openjdk.java.net/jeps/392 * “jpackage” (podcast) inside.java/2021/02/11/podcast-012/ * JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator) openjdk.java.net/jeps/338 * “The Vector API” (podcast) inside.java/2020/11/17/podcast-007/ * JEP 393: Foreign-Memory Access API (3rd Incubator) openjdk.java.net/jeps/393 * “The Foreign Memory Access API” (podcast) inside.java/2020/12/11/podcast-009/ * JEP 389: Foreign Linker API (Incubator) openjdk.java.net/jeps/389 * “The Foreign Linker API” (podcast) inside.java/2020/12/21/podcast-010/ * JEP 390: Warnings for Value-Based Classes openjdk.java.net/jeps/390 * JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing openjdk.java.net/jeps/376 * “The Z Garbage Collector (ZGC)” (podcast) inside.java/podcast/005 * “JDK Flight Recorder” (podcast) inside.java/2021/02/22/podcast-013/ For more episodes, please check out Inside Java (Inside.java​). And you can contact us here (inside.java/about/​).