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Summary Brian Goetz looks at some of the challenges and lessons of steering Java through major evolutionary changes, and a sneak peek at where the Java platform is headed.

Bio Brian Goetz is the Java Language Architect at Oracle, and was the specification lead for JSR-335 (Lambda Expressions for the Java Language.) He is the author of the best-selling book “Java Concurrency in Practice” and is a frequent presenter at major industry conferences.

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