The Java Community Process formally launches development of Java SE 28, with Project Valhalla once again positioned as the release's most closely watched feature.
Nine Java Enhancement Proposals make the final cut as OpenJDK shifts from feature development to bug fixing ahead of a September release.
Null character: The null character U+0000 is encoded as a 2-byte sequence 0xC0 0x80 instead of the single byte 0x00. Supplementary characters: Characters whose code points are above U+FFFF are encoded ...