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> Faster Java & JVM updates More likely faster updates will be to Java itself, while JVM enhancements will be limited to LTS. Pattern matching and data classe
by virtualwhys 9y ago
> Faster Java & JVM updates
More likely faster updates will be to Java itself, while JVM enhancements will be limited to LTS.
Pattern matching and data classes, for example, will arrive far sooner in Java than value types in the JVM.
- mreinhold 9y agoNo, JVM enhancements will not be limited to LTS. If anything it's best to merge them long before an LTS, so that they're well-baked in the LTS itself.
- virtualwhys 9y agoMy point is that "smaller" features like pattern matching and data classes will land in Java well before big ticket items like value types; not that JVM enhancements will be strictly limited to LTS. Of course, you have the inside word: when are value types coming to the JVM? Hopefully by Java 10.
- aardvark179 9y agoMinimal value types will arrive as an experimental feature at the VM level real soon now, language and library support will take a lot more work.
- hugi 9y agoGiggidy!