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by DoritoChef 3014 days ago
Why would Oracle do this to their language? It seems like a surefire way to make sure a business will never choose Java ever again. When it comes to languages, I think there's definitely a right and a wrong way to implement changes. It's been four years since I tried to do any Java programming, but I know there are many business who are trying to build codebases that last even longer than that. Are we transitioning into a workplace where language stability is a thing of the past? Is it already a thing of the past?
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klez 3014 days ago
The plan is to release a version every six months and a LTS release every three years. If a business wants a stable version they can go with the LTS. I don't see how this changes anything from how it was done before.
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pjmlp 3014 days ago
Because everyone else is going into shorter release cycles.

Java either runs with them, or keeps being the last to add certain features.

Thankfully not all business are crufty enterprise servers running Java 1.4 on Red Hat Enterprise 5.

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