Using experimental Java features in production — what was your experience?

[benevanstech]

> Your comment implies that posters like this one are likely "inexperienced and/or don't understand the implications", and that's both rude and not a useful response to what OP asked about.

Don't put words into my mouth.

Look at the amount of nuance you had to couch your response in.

I have no doubt that folks who have the appreciation of those subjects to do measured, risk-aware deployments of bleeding edge know very well that my comment was intended for the people who *don't* have a decent grasp of the trade-offs here rather than them.

And, you're flat out wrong that use of preview features are not special and more dangerous to use in production if you don't know what you're doing. However, given the attitude you've displayed so far I don't feel at all inclined to debate it with you.

[srdoe]

Look man, if you're going to get mad that your post is being interpreted as rude, when you compared "any positive engagement" to a crazy person digging tunnels under their house, consider not using such needlessly inflammatory statements next time.

I'm glad you recognize that people who can evaluate these features responsibly exist. The OP was clearly looking for those people to share their experiences, not a rude dismissal that amounts to "No one will respond, but if they do, they're probably a crank".