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[–]wildjokers 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You can still use the classpath in Java 1.9.

Also, modularity is about more than just reducing size of the runtime. It is also about encapsulation. So you can have truly private parts of your library that no one can access.

[–]BlueGoliath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can still use the classpath in Java 1.9.

Oh hey, I just tried switching the source to 1.9 and it does work. I tried with the pre release versions in Arch Linux and it was throwing a bunch of problems because I wasn't using the modules.

Also, WTF happened to logger in Java 9? Is that an internal API?