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The Java EE 5 platform introduces a simplified programming model and eliminates much of the boilerplate that earlier releases required. With Java EE 5 technology, XML deployment descriptors -- that is, side files for defining components and specifying deployment instructions -- are now optional. Instead, you enter the information as an annotation directly into a plain old Java object (POJO) without leaving your source editor. Annotations are a new feature, originally introduced in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0. They are a form of metadata with a very simple syntax and recognizable because they begin with a leading at sign (@).

Java EE 5 was announced this week. Read the overview for a quick tour of the new features. Click here for some raves.

It is tempting to make a snide remark about the fact the the last couple of items I posted on LtU are about C++, Ada and now Java, but let's not...

Hello all,

I could really use some help in enumerating the various languages which provide support for signature based polymorphism, structural subtyping and/or duck typing. Thanks in advance!

A fresh Fortress Language Specification Version 0.866
was posted on February 16th, 2006 The new spec. version has 272 pages vs. 204 for the previous one,
as well as a new outline structure.