Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future

Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by Capricorn2481 on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @10:00PM (#47420792)

> and builds just as fast

Source? I'm not saying you're lying but I have never seen any Java project build as fast as Go

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by pron on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @10:20PM (#47420911)

Use javac directly, in a recent JDK, to compile lots of files at once (i.e. one invocation of javac to compile multiple files) and you'll see. The speed is over 100,000 lines/sec: https://mill-build.org/blog/1-java-compile.html

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by voidfunc on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @12:31AM (#47421606)

Seriously a need for a new build tool in Java that doesn't fuck around too much.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by vips7L on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @01:36AM (#47421910)

Check out mill from the link. It’s quite good.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by voidfunc on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:13PM (#47429243)

Oh sweet. Former Java dev turned Go dev like a decade ago, this looks close to what I want.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by nekitamo on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:43AM (#47423201)

100% this. Ant was bad in many ways, but at least it was lightning fast. Gradle is just tragic.

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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by vips7L on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:29PM (#47434107)

Try mill from the link! https://mill-build.org/mill/index.html

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