> The only advantage I know of is that the standard lib has been split in over 92 modules. Most of these are proprietary modules. > $ls $JAVA_HOME/jmods/ | gr

> The only advantage I know of is that the standard lib has been split in over 92 modules. Most of these are proprietary modules. > $ls $JAVA_HOME/jmods/ | grep java | grep -v javafx | wc -l Return 30 on my machine (build 175). Most of the 94 modules listed in my installation are internal JDK modules.