I’ve always been sort of fascinated by what the word “cool” could possibly mean when it comes to programmers and programming languages. After all, brief turn-of-the-millennium dot-com boomster ...

In Thursday’s puzzle, “Java” was the answer to the clue “Programming language named for a drink named for an island.” By Alexis Benveniste This is Clued In, a column that will give you insight into ...

Java 8 arrived earlier this year to much fanfare, including high marks for lambda expressions and JavaScript on the JVM via Nashorn. But not everything about Java 8 was a love fest, and core ...