Java 9 could introduce modularity and new value types. Improved modularity could reduce app size and improve startup performance. New value types will make it easier to program arrays.

Java on mobile platforms is not living up to the promise of letting programmers "write once, run anywhere", according to developers gathered in London last week. The Java programming language was ...

Announced earlier this month, the new Java holds the promise of simpler cell phone programming, richer games, more money for cell phone service providers and software that connects to Internet ...

Sun execs say the question is no longer whether the Java programming language will be open-sourced, but how it should be done.