Scala 2.12 requires JDK 8 to take advantage of JVM technology. Forcing migration to JDK 8 explains to some extent the non rush to release 2.12. I believe Adriaan Moors has a presentation detailing the 2.12 Scala release. https://adriaanm.github.io/reveal.js/scala-next.html#/ On 17 Jun 2016 8:35 a.m., "Jeff Klukas" <jklu...@simple.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Stephen Boesch <java...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > @Jeff Klukas What is the concern about scala 2.11 vs 2.12? 2.11 runs > on > > > both java7 and java8 > > > > > > > Scala 2.10.5 and 2.10.6 also support Java 8 for what it's worth. > > > > I was under the impression that Scala 2.12 would be the first version > compatible with Java 8 bytecode, but looks like that was a misunderstanding > on my part. > > +1 >
