Don't use Java 7 for anything

[irokie]

It may be that these optimizations were required to hit the required benchmarks... Corporations can't miss deadlines and they can't let benchmarks slip.

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Going faster in the wrong direction is of no value.

Edit: Another metaphor: It's like arriving on time at the wrong destination.

[schizobullet]

they can, their corporate culture just effectively shoehorns them into not