D and Java [was Re: The DUB package manager]

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/26/13 12:12 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
> It is possible Java 9 or Java 10 will remove the primitive types
> completely so that all variables are reference types leaving it to the
> JVM to handle all boxing and unboxing internally thus making things a
> lot more efficient and faster.  Experiments are scheduled and underway,
> decisions made only once the results are in.

That's very interesting. Got any related links?

Thanks,

Andrei