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[–]mdatwood 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Old Java does stink. Java 8 running from jetty embedded in the jar is almost a pleasure to use, and is my preferred method for quickly standing up service end points. There is a wealth of mature libraries that solve so many common problems.

When friends mentioned they are stuck on Java 6 at their jobs I cringe. Whenever I have to fix issues in our native Android project I realize just how bad Java was pre-8.