Open source Java proponents want to modernize the Java memory model, which has not been formally updated in more than nine years, and focus on concurrency. A JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal), number ...

For a more in-depth (pre-JDK 5) exploration of the Java memory model, see Brian Goetz’s “ Fixing the Java memory model, Part 1 ” (IBM developerWorks, 2004).

Java Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy “People often think Java means heavyweight,” Rocher says, but that reputation has more to do with the APIs and tools that the JVM provides to build frameworks.