Java 8 GA (General Availability)

We interrupt our scheduled lack of posts :p, with this important announcement:

Java 8 has been released!

Some of the highlights of the release in no particular order:

• Lambda expressions and new API to make use of it (the streams API)
• New date-time API inspired by Joda Time
• Poject Nashorn (fast JS interpreter)
• Interfaces with default methods
• Compact profiles
• Removing the permanent generation
• Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder

Read / find out more:

• Launch videos of Java 8 and features
• The Wait is Over: JDK 8 is Here!
• jdeps: JDK 8 Command-line Static Dependency Checke
• The Illuminating Javadoc of JDK 8
• Abstract Class Versus Interface in the JDK 8 Era