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Pedal to the metal: PyPy 2.4 powers up Python

JIT-powered Python engine PyPy was already fast, but version 2.4 charges further ahead, thanks to multithreaded optimizations

Run anywhere again: Java hooks up with Docker

Zulu JVM is the first Docker offering to be officially certified as Java-compliant

Functional programming gains Web, networking option with Elixir language

Elixir language, now at version 1.0, leverages Erlang VM to produce short, fast, and maintainable code for the Web and infrastructures

Java 101: The essential Java language features tour, Part 5

Four more small-change language features introduced in Project Coin

Experimental JavaScript compiler shakes up ideas about speed, simplicity

Higgs demonstrates how lazy code generation and other techniques improve compiler performance

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison steps down as CEO, Catz, Hurd named co-CEOs

Ellison will become CTO and executive chairman of Oracle

Four ways Docker fundamentally changes application development

One of the most popular open source projects in history, Docker fundamentally shifts the way we think about building applications

Red Hat ventures into mobile app dev with FeedHenry buy

Mozilla Rust language approaches 1.0 milestone

Mozilla project expands beyond browser engines to support concurrency and quick systems programming

Dropbox upgrades API for its lightweight app databases

Apps that tap Dropbox's Datastore API can now let their users share the stored data with other people