The Java API library is complex in nature, and it easily makes developers go haywire. To compensate for the problem, Java 8 rewrites the whole API from scratch.

Even with functional programming improvements in Java 8, Java remains an imperative, object-oriented programming language. It’s missing range types and other features that would make it more ...

The advent of Java 8 in particular added important features taken from functional programming idioms that make code shorter, more reliable, and more expressive.

Oracle released Java SE 13, the latest version of the Standard Edition of Java, which brings new security, performance and stability features to the Java language and platform. The company also rolled ...