Java Runtime Environment 8 released

[Arthur]

Yay!

 

Java SE 8 (expires 15th May 2014)

Download / Release Notes / Programming Language Enhancements

 

Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) is a major feature release and is now generally available. It contains new features and enhancements in many functional areas. Java SE 8 delivers enhanced developer productivity and significant application performance increases through reduced boilerplate code, improved collections and annotations, simpler parallel programming models and more efficient use of modern, multi-core processors. (Source)

 

Edited March 18, 2014 by Arthur
Smiley added!

[ZeroHour]

Yay!

 

Are you sure "Yay" is the correct term, lets face it a new version will be out in a week

[Gonk]

perhaps he was going for sarcasm....

 

then again....

[ZeroHour]

perhaps he was going for sarcasm....

 

Sarcasm requires a smily of some form Netiquette rule no. something

[seanbehan]

And welcome the new security exploits.

[Arthur]

Sarcasm requires a smily of some form

Fixed!

[Gonk]

Lol. How long do we think before the first update?

[caffrey]

Lol. How long do we think before the first update?

 

Usually ten minutes after you've just scripted and pushed out the last one

[free780]

Hopefully it will just uninstall all previous java versions and make it impossible to install it ever again.

[sted]

i think what they meant was

 

Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) is a major bug and user annoyance release and is now generally available. It contains new major oversights and ways to stop sites working properly in many functional areas. Java SE 8 delivers enhanced developer productivity and significant application performance degradation through reduced boilerplate code, improved collections and annotations, simpler parallel programming models and more efficient use of modern, multi-attack vector bugs. (Source)