One of the trickier aspects of "general Java" development is related to comparing Java reference types for equality.

You might know that Java passes by value, but it helps to understand why. Here's what happens when you pass mutable and immutable object references in Java.

Project Valhalla has posted a major update and has announced some initial, very early-stage design concepts for value types in the JVM.

Oracle has been working to bring value types to the Java language and runtime. We present an update on the current status of this work.