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Mangling JSON numbers

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If we have a long (64-bit integer) that we serialize into JSON, we might be in trouble if JavaScript consumes that JSON. JavaScript has the equivalent of double (64-bit floating point) for its numbers, and double cannot represent the same set of numbers as long. The output of x.toString() in JavaScript is suspicious.

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Everything about Java 8

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The following post is a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8. At the time of this writing, Java 8 development is still very much in progress. It had the best support for the Java 8 language features at the time I went looking. Language features and APIs may still change.

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