<story><title>Java 22 Released</title><url>https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2024-March/008827.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jimbokun</author><text>Maybe my favorite feature in this release:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openjdk.org&amp;#x2F;jeps&amp;#x2F;463&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openjdk.org&amp;#x2F;jeps&amp;#x2F;463&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally solves the inscrutable Hello World program!&lt;p&gt;Yes, it&amp;#x27;s just ergonomics for early beginners.  But could be the difference in whether or not someone new to programming sticks with Java or not.</text></comment>
<story><title>Java 22 Released</title><url>https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2024-March/008827.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ecshafer</author><text>It isn&amp;#x27;t a &amp;quot;Sexy&amp;quot; PL change, but a full foreign function interface will be a huge change. In my experience, relying on the old java JNI based libraries seems to be one of the biggest things that break in upgrades. So I am hoping this will reduce the maintenance burden of Java.</text></comment>