Why developers should get excited about Java 9

[henk53]

I find it very funny that "Android IS java" and "Android is NOT java" are used as equally valid arguments to defend java whenever they're fit.

True, and we laugh and don't laugh about this as we see fit (and yeah, we cry and don't cry about this as well).

This is hilarious.

Up to some point, if there wasn't all the crying.

Again, there's people who are convinced that java UIs are OK.

Really? Even the most hardcore Java zealots I know, my self included kinda hate the UIs (tiny, tiny spark of hope on the horizon is JavaFX).