The Java Platform Module System promised to standardize how Java apps modularized. But years later, the problems with Java modules remain.

In the aftermath, Java Development Kit 9, where the module system was to be delivered, was postponed from July 27 to September 21. Afterward, work proceeded to address the concerns.

Project Babylon would extend the reach of Java to foreign programming models such as machine learning models, GPUs, SQL, and differential programming.

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