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Probably they are using an "enterprise" J2EE stack that hasn't been updated to the latest version.

• gdsdfe 8y ago
  Bingo! Ginormous amount of technical debt that nobody is dealing with and probably not even seeing ... Plus a culture of "if it works don't touch it" ... I am dying inside ...
  • itronitron 8y ago
    6 to 7 is an easier switch than 7 to 8, they changed the boolean value of at least one default runtime parameter in java 8 without telling anyone
• qw 8y ago
  If the only restriction is the compatibility with the rest of the stack, perhaps Kotlin is an option? Kotlin can target JDK 6 and can integrate with old stacks