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by pron 4525 days ago
The difference is that this time you hear Doug Lea and Brian Goetz talking about this as if it's definitely going into Java 9. This time it's not coming from users but form Oracle. Also theres a JEP and a prototype by John Rose. In fact, it is mention by Oracle as one of the first features of the core platforms planned for 9. This has never been the case before.