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Explore the implications of removing sun.misc.Unsafe in Java 9 and discover proposed alternatives in this 49-minute Devoxx conference talk. Delve into the community's reaction to Oracle's decision and the subsequent agreement to postpone the removal. Examine new APIs and features designed to replace sun.misc.Unsafe, including VarHandle, Foreign Function Calls, and Generic Specialization (Templates). Learn how these alternatives aim to achieve similar behavior and performance. Through basic examples, visualize what a post-Unsafe Java world might look like. Gain insights from Christoph Engelbert, Manager of Developer Relations at Hazelcast, as he shares his expertise on Java performance optimization, JVM internals, and Garbage Collector mechanics.
