Initial structure.

README.md

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+# Java Almanac
+
+Collection of information about the history of Java primarily from a technical point of view.

java-1.0.md

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+# Java 1.0
+
+Release Date: 1996/01
+
+Bytecode Version: 45.0

java-1.1.md

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+# Java 1.1
+
+Release Date: 1997/02
+
+Bytecode Version: 45.3
+
+## Language
+
+* Inner Classes
+
+## JVM
+
+* JIT (on Windows only by JavaSoft)
+
+## Java API
+
+* Java Beans
+* JDBC
+* RMI
+* Reflection
+

java-1.2.md

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+# Java 1.2
+
+Release Date: 1998/12
+
+Bytecode Version: 46
+
+## Language
+
+* `strictfp` keyword
+
+## JVM
+
+* Sun JIT
+
+## Java API
+
+* Swing
+* Collections

java-1.3.md

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+# Java 1.3
+
+Release Date: 2000/05
+
+Bytecode Version: 47
+
+## JVM
+
+* HotSpot
+
+## Java API
+
+* JNDI
+* Sound

java-1.4.md

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+# Java 1.4
+
+Release Date: 2002/02
+
+Bytecode Version: 48
+
+## Language
+
+* `assert` Keyword
+
+## Java API
+
+* Regular Expressions
+* Non-blocking IO (JSR 51)
+* Logging (JSR 47)
+* Preferences (JSR 10)
+* XML APIs (JSR 5)
+* XSLT (JSR 63)

java-10.md

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+# Java 10
+
+Release Date: 2018/03/20
+
+Bytecode Version: 54
+
+# JVM
+
+* Graal (experimental)

java-11.md

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+# Java 11
+
+Release Date: 2018/09
+
+Bytecode Version: 55

java-12.md

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+# Java 12
+
+Release Date: 2019/03
+
+Bytecode Version: 56

java-5.md

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+# Java 5
+
+Release Date: 2004/09
+
+Bytecode Version: 49
+
+## Language
+
+* Generics (JSR 14)
+* Annotations (JSR 175)
+* Autoboxing (JSR 201)
+* Enums (JSR 201)
+* For-each Loops (JSR 201)
+* Static Imports (JSR 201)
+* Var Args
+
+## Java API
+
+* Concurrent

java-6.md

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+# Java 6
+
+Release Date: 2006/12
+
+Bytecode Version: 50

java-7.md

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+# Java 7
+
+Release Date: 2011/07
+
+Bytecode Version: 51
+
+## Language
+
+* Switch in String
+* Try-with
+* Diamond Operator
+* Binary Integer Literals
+* Multi Catch

java-8.md

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+# Java 8
+
+Release Date: 2014/03
+
+Bytecode Version: 52
+
+## Language
+
+* Lambda Expressions (JSR 335)
+* Repeating Annotations (JEP 120)
+* Date Time (JSR 310)

java-9.md

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+# Java 9
+
+Release Date: 2017/09/21
+
+Bytecode Version: 53
+
+## Language
+
+* Java Modules (Project Jigsaw)
+
+## JVM
+
+## Java API
+
+* Reactive Streams
+* Var Handles
+
+## Tools
+
+* JShell
+* jlink

references.md

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+# Refernces
+
+* [Java Version History, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history)
+* [Java Class File, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_class_file)
+* [JEP Index, OpenJDK Project](http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/)
+* [List of all JSRs, JCP](https://jcp.org/en/jsr/all)