Java profiler tools fall into two camps: Java sampling and JVM instrumentation. In this article we compare the differences between the two approaches.

Next year’s Java release is slated to include a performance boost for the G1 garbage collector and opt-in support for HTTP/3.

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is a vital part of modern distributed computing. It is the platform of big data applications like Spark, HDFS, Cassandra,and Hive. While the JVM provides “write once, ...

The terms JVM tuning and Java optimization are often used interchangeably, but there is an important difference between the two practices. In short, JVM tuning requires some tradeoff between metrics ...

Once Java code is compiled into JVM bytecode, the bytecode then runs according to the JVM. The JVM then passes the actual processing work to the processor in its own language.

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James Ward is a Java Champion and Google’s Kotlin product manager. In this interview, he speaks about the state of Java, JVM languages, mutability, and functional programming.

Today, my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott published a scathing investigative report of how Oracle partners with shovelware companies in order to monetize the distribution of the Java JRE. Given that I work ...

Two decades of large-scale investment in Java's developing language and platform is strikingly rare in the history of languages.