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Single JVM Based on Both Expected Within Two Years

Although in the short term, development will continue in parallel on both the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the JRockit JVM that Oracle acquired from BEA Systems, the most informed speculation is that, eventually, a single JVM based on both technologies is expected within the coming 18 months to two years, or so writes Paul Krill in InfoWorld.

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Deep Dive Video Presentation

Sun Chief Architect for Client Software Danny Coward highlights some of the significant new features in the upcoming JDK 7 in a deep dive presentation taped in July. The nearly 25-minute video replay covers modularizing the JDK, supporting non-Java languages at the VM level, and making developers more productive through various small changes to the Java languages. Code examples and demonstrations are provided.

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