http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/ en-us 2008-01-14T04:40:14-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2008/01/new_java_7_lang_1.html closures and several "little" language features (like improved generic type inference, catch clauses, String switch, typedef and others). I am a supporter of the current closures proposal, but no matter which of these features you like, there's one aspect I see no one discussing: compatibility with older JVMs...]]> JSR opinali 2008-01-14T04:40:14-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2007/10/suns_new_syncrh.html Beginning with 1.4.2_16 + 1.5.0u13 + 1.6.0u3, Sun is moving to a new policy of releasing synchronized security updates of all supported versions of Java SE. opinali 2007-10-05T10:02:53-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2007/10/where_is_my_10g.html The Universe in a Nutshell when I read that Intel chips should hit 10GHz by year 20007. Well, here we are in 2007 and where are the double-digit-gigahertz CPUs? :-)]]> opinali 2007-10-01T09:35:03-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2007/09/no_tabs_yes_you.html Kelly O'Hair informs the OpenJDK source repository is about to be cleaned out of tab characters... too bad! Here is a small utility to help programmers who like and know how to use tabs. opinali 2007-09-26T10:28:40-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2007/07/sun_jdk_60u2_is.html available.]]> opinali 2007-07-04T11:08:29-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2007/06/incredible_bug.html Yesterday I was called by a client to diagnose a 100% CPU usage on an EJB project just about to go production, and what I found is close to unbelievable.... opinali 2007-06-28T06:38:12-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2006/08/jsr_305_annotat.html This JSR will work to develop standard annotations (such as @NonNull) that can be applied to Java programs to assist tools that detect software defects. At long last!]]> opinali 2006-08-29T05:42:55-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2006/08/java_se_50_upda.html available, and it solves important performance bugs. I analyze (in gory detail) one of these...]]> Performance opinali 2006-08-11T13:17:15-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/11/mustangs_hotspo.html Build 59 of Mustang just added a great improvement in the Client VM, for the benefit of all non-server-side Java applications out there. opinali 2005-11-10T09:13:26-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/10/tomcat_goes_nat.html The new version of Apache Tomcat will support a library of native code to speend some things up. Is this the end of the PureJava dogma? opinali 2005-10-03T08:53:13-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/06/bloated_mustang_1.html Build 40 of Mustang was the first drop with the first significant new API additions. And the inevitable happened as some people started to complain about the addition of "useless" features: who needs Web Services, Javascript or an HTTP server? Why Javascript instead of [put favorite language here]? Some of these features are indeed hard to justify in J2SE, if we miss the big picture.]]> J2SE opinali 2005-06-22T08:34:20-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/05/opening_java_1.html A comprehensive analysis of the debate over Free/OpenSource Java. Open Source opinali 2005-05-21T08:28:00-08:00