The newest version of the Java Development Kit 23 (JDK) has four new features in the newest release. The two major features which are noteworthy so far is the Vector API, a second preview of the Stream Gatherers, and a preview of primitive types in patterns – such as instanceof and
Java is looking more and more cool.
Too bad companies are still stuck on Java 8😔
Why is this? Did they introduce breaking changes to the language or something?
It’s the only one that matters 🥲 Think of the shareholders.
That’s bad. 8 hasn’t been getting the essential security updates since march 2022. Of course money can buy a lot, but it’s still a bad idea. Even the Dutch govern.e t has mostly made the transition and they are no known for their elasticity
8u411 came out today?
That’s not really true despite what Oracle claims. Even without dropping money for Oracle’s 2030 support, there’s been 9 releases to OpenJDK 8 so far in 2024. Amazon has guaranteed OpenJDK 8 LTS through 2026 as “corretto” for justifying it to corporate compliance teams.
Everyone really should upgrade but it’s going to be several years yet before it’s an actual security risk.
which is why the world should just move to kotlin
just move to rust and be done with it :)
Seriously though, Java devs? Moving to Rust?
What’s so surprising about that?
Java is a lot more high-level than Rust. Rust is even a different paradigm.
So? If a Java dev wants to learn Rust, they’ll make it. There are a lot of burned out Java devs wanting to move to something that feels new and exciting again.