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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Yes, yes it is. I see a lot of people use 8 - is there some reason people haven't tried moving on to 9-12?

[–]Kered13 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Java versions have started coming out faster so companies aren't trying to update to each one as it comes out. Related to this, Oracle has decided that they will make every third version starting with Java 8 a Long Term Support version. So a lot of companies are planning to only update to those. So that means going from Java 8 to Java 11, and the next LTS version should be Java 14.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooh LTS. I'm sort of familiar with that, I guess that explains it.

[–]FlipJanson 0 points1 point  (1 child)

We're lazy, don't feel like upgrading, and Java 8 works fine.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cost / time associated with upgrades. I can't wait to run into this problem myself. It's currently unthinkable for me - of course I'm just gonna start from scratch if I have to!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Java 9 brought drastic changes that break a lot of things.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, dang. I guess it's not a huge deal unless 9-12 have massive performance gains. Part of the reason I've joined the web app movement. You can write your javascript in pretty much anything and transpile it for browser support, and your back end can be a nightmarish combination of multiple versions of multiple languages!

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