Episode 56. Let's have a frank talk about Unsafe! and why you shouldn't (or should) use it - a podcast by Freddy Guime & Bob Paulin

from 2016-01-25T03:38:46

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So you heard about sun.misc.unsafe. Even if you are in certain circles you might have heard about that it was (almost) removed from Java 9. And if you were really paying attention you would've heard the cries of every major Java Framework to the news. While it didn't happen (Unsafe is still in Java 9, and possibly in Java 10+), we should dive into why is it so attractive, and creates such a divided opinion (JVM implementers want it gone. Performance nuts want it in)

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