Java 27 grows up, makes better choices

If one sign of maturity is making better choices, then Java has grown up a fair bit in its version 27 release Tuesday. “JDK 27 is the release where Java stops asking you to opt in to good defaults and simply turns them on,” wrote backend engineer Arvind Kumar, on his education site Codefarm. Better default settings may not be groundbreaking, but they do make life easier for developers because they mean coders have fewer things to change. Nor should users have to grapple with new features, particularly if they are not of interest. Java 27 succeeds on both counts. Built from the now-completed Java 27 specification, JDK 27 is a short‑term release that won't get long-term support. It includes four new features, or JEPs (JDK Enhancement...

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