Java 11 is getting long in the tooth, so many developers are moving to the next oldest version that's still supported, Java 17. Here's what's different.

The latest long-term support release of standard Java features always-strict floating point semantics, a foreign function and memory API, a uniform API for pseudo random number generators, and ...

Java 25 has 17 new features, six of which are at some level of preview. It also removes support for 32-bit x86, with the team stating that "the cost of maintaining this port outweighs the benefits ...