Along with making Java easier to program with, the upgrade focuses on issues that are important for enterprise use such as performance, scalability and security.

The security upgrade is subject to approval by the Java community at large via the Java Community Process. It is included as part of Java Specification Request 202 , which entered a public comment ...

JRuby 1.5, an upgrade to the Ruby language variant that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, will be made available Wednesday, featuring better accommodations for Java and build tools and improved ...