JNI allows the use of function libraries made in languages such as C, C++, VB from Java applications. The advantage of JNI is that you don't need to write the calling function definition in Java. This ...

If you’ve used the Java Native Interface (JNI) to make a platform-specific native library accessible to your Java programs, you know how tedious it can be. Jeff Friesen continues his series on ...

There are only half a dozen classes you really need to master to become competent in the world of functional programming. The java.util.function package contains well over 40 different components, but ...

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Java enhancement proposal would preserve the status of the Java Native Interface as a standard way to interoperate with native code, while disallowing interoperation with native code by default. A ...

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The original announcement of the GNOME Desktop Project in 1997 stated the following intention, “to use GTK/Scheme bindings for coding small utilities and applications”. Since then, the GNOME ...

Everyone contemplating a test and measurement task is confronted with a choice: Which language is best for my application? Today’s market offers many choices of text-based languages and some graphical ...