Java has long been a powerhouse programming language thanks to its portability, robustness and extensive ecosystem. However, one major challenge for Java developers is interoperation with native code.

Java 18 incubates a vector API, previews pattern matching for switch expressions, adopts UTF-8 as the default character set, includes a simple web server, and more. Java Development Kit (JDK) 18 is ...

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