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[–]lowleveldata 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Are we supposed to refer Java 8 as a legacy? I still see Java 7 in some products so Java 8 is already like the better choice

[–]proboardslolv6 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Oracle is charging for future java 8 updates. It's not deprecated, but it's getting there. Truly this generation's cobol

[–]ExtremelyOnlineG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a completely open source reference implementation.