Oracle’s plans for Java in 2024
Oracle’s plans to evolve Java in 2024 involve OpenJDK projects ranging from Amber, for developing smaller, productivity-oriented features, to Babylon, for extending Java to foreign programming models such as GPUs, to Valhalla, for augmenting the Java object model with value objects to eliminate longstanding performance bottlenecks.
In a video posted January 18, Oracle Java developer relations representative Nicolai Parlog covered what was on the drawing board for Java this year. “Keep in mind, though, that most of the work in any given year will not be released in the same year and so many of these improvements will only be usable in 2025 or later,” Parlog cautioned.