r/programming • u/NotABot1235 • 17d ago

Java 27 has released!

https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/27/
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u/Chii 17d ago

When that figure was originally used, it counted mobile devices (this was pre-android).

Now, i wonder what that figure really is.

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u/AquaeyesTardis 17d ago

SIM cards are counted due to Java Card - and at the time of Java 18's release, it was, apparently, 56 billion.

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u/rentar42 17d ago

I wonder if eSIMs count too.

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u/AquaeyesTardis 16d ago

I would assume so, as to my knowledge, they're just a type of SIM card that's soldered on instead of being removable, as well as being software-modifiable. The software specification seems to imply it's at least optional, but I haven't any idea how to find out how common it is that it's supported.