Re: Lets talk about JDK 8 (new year edition)

[James Gosling]

+1

> 
> No, it's keeping ancient code that works kludged into a system that
> desperately wants to move on.
> The one line "if" isn't the problem, it's making sure the code in the body
> of that if and the code in the "else" coexisting without problems.
> 
> Let's face it, the "code that already works" is NetBeans 17.  The "if" is
> simple. IF you want to run on JDK 8, use NetBeans 17.
> There has yet to be any justification presented to keep future versions
> working on JDK 8.  Why should we be writing software for over 6 years ago
> instead of software for today and tomorrow?