Along with a number of security fixes, JDK 8 Update 40 (JDK 8u40) comes with improvements to the native packager, a new time-zone updater tool, new Nashorn optimizations and a bundled version of Java ...

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In many ways, differentiating between the two is even more difficult in JDK 8. There are numerous examples of online forums and blogs discussing the differences between interfaces and abstract ...

JDK 8 was offered as a developer preview in September and as a final release candidate in January. Although Java 8 will be available today, Oracle will hold an official launch webcast on March 25.

By John K. Waters April 11, 2012 Oracle has proposed several new implementation milestones for version 8 of the Java Development Kit (JDK 8), beginning with Milestone 1 on April 24 and ending with ...