Oracle: Programming language Java 14 is out with these 16 major feature improvements

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Oracle: Programming language Java 14 is out with these 16 major feature improvements
Oracle's Java 14 reaches general availability
March 19, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracl...out-with-these-16-major-feature-improvements/

Oracle has announced general availability of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, its reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec.

Rolling out in line with Oracle's six-monthly release schedule that began with Java 9 in 2017, JDK 14 includes enhancements that Oracle says will improve developer productivity. Java remains the world's most popular programming language among developers.
According to Georges Saab, Oracle vice president of development for the Java Platform, the faster six-monthly releases are helping developers adopt new features more rapidly due to regular expected changes.

"Java 14 is further validation of the benefits of the six-month release cadence, giving developers access to features that they would otherwise be waiting years to get their hands on," he said.
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Oracle JDK 14 will receive at least two quarterly updates in line with Oracle's critical-patch update schedule before Java 15 is released in September 2020.

Oracle is providing Java 14 as the Oracle OpenJDK release under an open-source GNU General Public License v2. It's also released under a commercial license using Oracle JDK.
The 16 JEPs in JDK 14 include: [...]
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Oracle:
Oracle Announces Java 14

Oracle JDK 14 represents more than two years of on-time six-month feature releases, bringing innovation and predictability to developers
Oracle JDK 14 adds new features to improve developer productivity, including Java language support for switch expressions, new APIs for continuous monitoring of JDK Flight Recorder data, and extended availability of the low-latency Z Garbage Collector to macOS and Windows

This new release includes three preview features: Pattern Matching for instanceof (JEP 305), Records (JEP 359) and Text Blocks (JEP 368)
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Insights and updates on Java SE and OpenJDK from the Java Platform Group Product Management Team

The overall rate of change over time in the JDK has remained essentially constant for many years, but under the six-month cadence the pace at which production-ready innovations are delivered has vastly improved.

Java 14 offers users sixteen main enhancements/changes, including two incubator modules, three preview features, two deprecated features, and two removals.
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