Java 7 has been released but use it if necessary with the flag to turn off LoopPredicate...

Java 7 has been released but use it if necessary with the flag to turn off LoopPredicate...
I use it since some days and no problem at all also without flag set up anyway.

Some links that describes the potential problem:

http://www.dzone.com/links/r/d​ont_use_java_7_for_anything_so​me_very_frightenin.html

http://www.h-online.com/open/n​ews/item/Java-7-paralyses-Luce​ne-and-Solr-1288210.html

http://www.i-programmer.info/n​ews/80-java/2803-java-se7-out-​now-but-with-a-bug.html

IWRT 2011: International Workshop on RFID Technology

The Fifth International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges (IWRT 2011)Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, September 19-21, 2011

Java Runtime, Compiler String to double conversion patched...

If you read my previous post about conversion of String to double for special values
that hang the compiler or runtime...

Get the patch from Oracle, see the README file.

Compiler, Runtime at risk of infinite loop due to the way double coded in String are converted in double...

Compiler and Runtime are at risk of infinite loop due to the way double coded in String are converted in double...

Php, Java, Scala and other at risk due to conversion infinite loop...
See articles to understand the foundation of this...

http://www.exploringbinary.com/java-hangs-when-converting-2-2250738585072012e-308/
and
http://www.exploringbinary.com/why-volatile-fixes-the-2-2250738585072011e-308-bug/#comment-4649


Hope this implementation bug will be solved rather quickly.

MySQL 5.5 landed...

With the MySQL 5.5 release that finally arrived, we get:
Improved performance and scalability:
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MySQL Database and InnoDB storage engine have been enhanced to provide optimum performance and scalability when running on the latest multi-CPU and multi-core hardware and operating systems. In addition, with release 5.5, InnoDB is now the default storage engine for the MySQL Database, delivering ACID transactions, referential integrity and crash recovery.

Higher availability:
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New semi-synchronous replication and Replication Heart Beat improve failover speed and reliability.

Improved usability:
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Improved index and table partitioning, SIGNAL/RESIGNAL support and enhanced diagnostics, including a new PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA, improve the manageability of MySQL 5.5.

MySQL 5.5 Delivers Major Performance Gains:
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In recent benchmarks, the MySQL 5.5 release candidate delivered significant performance improvements compared to MySQL 5.1. Results included:

On Windows: Up to 1,500 percent performance gains for Read/Write operations and up to 500 percent gain for Read Only.(1)

On Linux: Up to 360 percent performance gain in Read/Write operations and up to 200 percent improvement in Read Only.(2)

Try it and you will get better mysql.

Updates for Java will be available today that will offer fixes to several critical vulnerabilities.

Check this today and update Java accordingly.

Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - October 2010.

Ubuntu 10.10 landed.

Downloaded Ubuntu 10.10 desktop (32 bits), server (32 and 64 bits), installed and tried inside VirtualBox 3.2.8 (Sun/Oracle) onto Windows 7.
Ubuntu 10.10 is faster, has many new features and is stable.
Grab it soon, try it and adopt it.