GraalVM 25.1 - First Innovation Release

- GraalVM is a high-performance runtime from Oracle Labs that lets programs written in Java and other JVM languages (Kotlin, Scala, etc.) run faster. It also supports JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and LLVM-based languages (C/C++/Rust) in the same environment. - The key technology is "Native Image" — a tool that compiles Java code ahead-of-time (AOT) into a standalone native binary that starts instantly, uses less memory, and needs no separate JVM installed. This is crucial for cloud/serverless deployments where cold-start time and memory cost matter. - This release (25.1) is the "First Innovation Release" under a new yearly naming scheme (year.major.minor). Major additions include: automatic fallback from JIT (just-in-time) to AOT compilation; lower-cost memory management thanks to a "generational ZGC" port; improved speed for the Early Exception Handler used by apps like Spring; and an overhauled Metaspace for better class-loading performance. - The Mayastor storage engine (from the open-source OpenEBS project) is highlighted as a real-world case: moving control-plane code from Go to Java-on-GraalVM reduced memory use by 10x vs. the original Go implementation.