I’m pleased to note the submission of four new Java Specification Requests to the Java Community Process:
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JSR 334: Small Enhancements to the Java Programming Language, by Joe Darcy with help from Jon Gibbons, Maurizio Cimadamore, and many others in Project Coin;
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JSR 335: Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, by Brian Goetz with help from Alex Buckley, Maurizio, and others in Project Lambda;
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JSR 336: Java SE 7 Release Contents, for the enormous team effort that is JDK 7 (the first half of Plan B); and, finally,
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JSR 337: Java SE 8 Release Contents, for the eventual JDK 8 (the rest of Plan B).
These JSRs have been a long time coming. They’re now—finally—on the JCP SE/EE Executive Committee ballot for approval; results should be available in two weeks.
My thanks to everyone who’s contributed to the related OpenJDK Projects.
Update 2010/12/7 00:06 — The Executive Committee approved all four JSRs after a one-week extension of the voting period. Onward!