JDK 19: Java 19 begins to take shape

Java Development Kit 19, expected to arrive this September, now has an initial feature officially proposed to target it: A port of the JDK to the open source Linux/RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).

JDK 19, or simply Java 19, potentially could host a vast number of features, ranging from universal generics to value objects, according to plans under way for enhancing Java. But so far, the RISC-V port is the only officially proposed feature to target JDK 19. JDK 19 would follow JDK 18, which is due March 22. Standard Java is on a six-month release cadence.

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