Illegal Argument Episode 170

Mark and Greg emerge from their 2020/2021 Christmas/New Year breaks, and temporary Level 3 lock down to break their silence, attempt to remember how to podcast, and further the rumor that we only record an episode on the eve of a new Java release.

Table of Contents

• 0:44 Holiday Periods
• 1:27 Java 16 Release
• 2:35 Standalone Nashorn
• 3:18 Native Script
• 6:28 R.I.P. Chrome
• 12:51 Module Systems
• 14:37 setProtected(true)
• 20:42 Java 16 Release (again)
• 25:00 Incubation vs Preview Features
• 37:56 Pattern Matching FTW
• 43:30 Equality
• 44:57 Inline Types and Classes
• 50:34 The Need For Namespaces
• 55:10 Bintray Closing Down
• 59:27 R.I.P. netbeans.org
• 1:07:08 SOA in C/C++
• 1:14:18 Python and Rust Crypto
• 1:16:11 Autotools
• 1:18:34 Rust backend for GCC

Java Related

• Why Namespacing Matters in Public Open Source Repositories

• Major Changes to Clojars - Verified Groups / Namespaces

• Java 16 - March 16 Release

  • A Discussion on jpackage
  • OpenJDK · GitHub
  • JEP 11: Incubator Modules
  • JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator)

Miscellaneous

• Is Google Locking Down Chrome to Resist the Rise of Chromium Based Browsers? - It's FOSS News

• Apple Card disabled my iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts

Modules, Releases, and Builds

• Java Accessible Objects and Reflection

• Understanding Java Modules

• Into the Sunset on May 1st: Bintray, JCenter, GoCenter, and ChartCenter

• RIP netbeans.org

• Modules, monoliths, and microservices

• New dependency on Rust causes headaches for Python Crypto lib and distributions

CPP

• Not the SOA you think