Welcome to the first episode of 2020 - recorded just before all of Coronavirus Mania and then promptly the editing and publishing got unfortunately thrown to the sidelines for a week.

This week (ha) Greg and I discuss the upcoming Java 14 release, along with C++20, and the granddaddy of functional programming - Miranda.

• Multiline String literals with Java Text Blocks
• Preview APIs in the Java Platform
• Java 14 Arrives with a Host of New Features
• JDK 14: The new features in Java 14
• Stephen Colebourne’s Tweet Thread on JDK Modules
• Miranda (forerunner to Haskell) open sourced
• C++20 IS FEATURE COMPLETE; HERE’S WHAT CHANGES ARE COMING
• Project LightSpeed: Rewriting the Messenger codebase for a faster, smaller, and simpler messaging app