Oracle’s Java team sat down with me last week for a fast-moving briefing on Java 25 and the broader direction of the platform. The headline: JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has gathered nine features so far. The latest slated for the release include ahead-of-time object caching, an ...

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COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there’s over ...