Java 7 released. You can download it at
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/j…oads/index.html ]
This is the first version, which based on the source of
OpenJDK. Before it was the other way around.
But be careful: The current version have a bug in the Hotspot-compiler.
[
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7070134 ]
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http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7044738 ]
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http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7068051 ]
The HotSpot-Compiler have problems with loops in its optimizer. To avoid it you can use the JVM option
-XX:-UseLoopPredicate.
Bacause of that bug all known versions of Apache Lucene Core and Apache Solr don't work with the current Java 7 version:
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http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox…$@apache.org%3E ]
To have a look at the new features of Java 7, have a look at:
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Java 7 and Java 8 features ]
[
http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/resource/O…K7_nutshell.pdf ]
[
http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/resource/O…penJDKState.pdf ]
Greatings
theuserbl
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