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JDK 27 + Valhalla, Now! + Hackathon - Inside Java Newscast #113

Also available as Inside Java Podcast #62:

JDK 27 entered Ramp-Down-Phase 1 in early June, so we can go over its features. Valhalla's first JDK Enhancement Proposal (401) will likely be part of JDK 28. Show off your Java ideas in the Modern Java in the Wild hackathon. There are two JBS issues for those who want to dive deeper into AOT with agents and an article about using GPU tensor cores from Java.

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