<p>Oracle's Java coding cognoscenti gathered in the Czech capital of Prague this week to analyse, present and postulate over the arrival of the Java 8 language.</p><p>Now some 20-years after Sun Microsystems first envisioned and built the Java language and platform under the eye of James "father of Java" Gosling, we now find ourselves in a postmodern Oracle world of Java development.</p><p>Java 8 has been reengineered and the most significant enhancement in this release is Project Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language.</p><p>To be more complete, the standout features of JDK 8 are Project Lambda the Nashorn JavaScript Engine and a new Date and Time API.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/open-source-insider/2014/03/java-8-grasps-parallelism-more-tightly-with-lambda.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/technology/63565-java-8-is-largest-upgrade-since-1996">Java 8 is 'largest upgrade since 1996'</a> (iTWire)</p><p><a href="http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/oracle-java-8-launched-with-lambda-expre/240166831">Oracle Java 8 Launched with Lambda Expressions for Parallelism</a> (Dr. Dobb's)</p><p><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/2336291/oracle-speeds-up-development-process-with-java-8">Oracle speeds up development process with Java 8</a> (Inquirer)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZGoWbqUEsFhn2MHEhg-TD9loLaTM&authuser=0&ned=us">17 additional articles.</a></p>
