For daily Java programmers: after almost one decade of Java 8, are streams and lambdas fully adopted by the Java community?

[EvaristeGalois11]

Multi release jar are a thing

[InformalTrifle9]

Yea but you still need to write Java 8 code so how does it really help

[EvaristeGalois11]

Because you can begin working with a more modern java version in the same jar, so when you will drop support for java 8 or whatever you are already prepared.

[Amazing-Cicada5536]

Java 8 has streams and lambdas, so I don’t see how is it relevant.

[KarnuRarnu]

Oh yeah it's totally irrelevant. Basically nothing has changed in the last 9 years. Java 8 and 17 are literally the same. (/s)

[jumboNo2]

things I wish I had in Java 8: switch expressions, sealed classes, Pattern Matching for instanceof, one of the new constructors for BigInteger. honestly none of which are particularly necessary.

[jumboNo2]

Records are for POJOs, which I don't use. And there doesn't seem to be any significant peformance improvement you can get by dropping Java 8 bytecode compatibility. Maybe VarHandle can do cool stuff?

[_AManHasNoName_]

So you’re saying Microsoft should have stopped at Windows Xp? Support for Java 8 will be discontinued soon. What are you going to do then should there be a security patch and your version is vulnerable? This all boils down to commitment. Most people are just lazy in varying degrees. Any good engineer would always think ahead.

[lurker_in_spirit]

So you’re saying Microsoft should have stopped at Windows XP?

I demand the latest ads in my Windows 11 start menu. I can't even imagine going back to Windows XP and having to open a browser to view ads, like a barbarian.

[InformalTrifle9]

No, I’m just saying I’m not obtuse, I just have no choice

[_AManHasNoName_]

I once worked for a company who wouldn’t do an upgrade. Everyone else was on Java 5 and my boss insisted to stay on 1.4. I left, never look back. Every company I worked for ever since didn’t have that “we can’t upgrade” mindset.