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= focus of JDK 7 =
* modularization
* multiple languages * not really the focus of this talk
* Java language evolution

;Slides: [[Image:Jdk7-jvmls-2009.pdf‎]]

= Project Coin =
* project to evolve the Java language
* improved integer literals
* "exotic identifiers": #"op~"
** for interoperation with langugages that may use symbols and such in method names and other identifiers (ex: Scala)

= Project Jigsaw =
* modularization of the JVM
* JVM is too large (18MB), slow to download not on broadband, hard to fit on small devices
* ex: import the 'desktop' module, get swing, sound, awt, etc.
* jmod tool to quickly install packages:
** sudo jmod install [url for .jmod package] and you're done

= mlvm =
* Da Vinci Machine Project
* explored further in the next session
* goal is to support multiple languages well on the JVM