Present State of Java

[Martijn Verburg]

The Valhalla changes that will let library authors offer alternative
precisions to the default IEEE will start flowing in at 11 but probably
won't be complete until 13-14 at the earliest.  This is purely conjecture
on my part :-)

Cheers,
Martijn

On 20 March 2018 at 23:13, Jonathan Bluett-Duncan <jbluettduncan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi A Z,
>
> JDK 10 is actually out now - just came out earlier today, AFAICT. :)
>
> See http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2018-March/000247.html
> for more info.
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
> P.S. As for Valhalla, I believe that's still under development, and I also
> believe that floats/doubles and their perceived lack of accuracy is still
> considered a non-issue due to technical and mathematical limitations (from
> what I understand of
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2018-
> March/051952.html),
> but I'm sure others can either correct me or expand further. :)
>
> On 20 March 2018 at 22:57, A Z <poweruserm at live.com.au> wrote:
>
> > -I have been wondering, when will the finalised version of the Java 10
> >
> > SDK be available for download for 64 bit Windows?
> >
> >
> > -I have also been wondering if version 10 will include anything
> >
> > that abates the issues around floating point with double or float,
> >
> > and the broader heading of arithmetic accuracy (within range)
> >
> > via operator syntax in source code, by means of
> >
> > Value types or any other changes stemming from
> >
> > Valhalla, in the upcoming version 10 release?
> >
> >
>