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> (it just got lambdas in JDK 8) Interesting use of the word 'just'. At the risk of making readers feel old... Java 8 was released _6 and a half years ago_.
by rzwitserloot 6y ago
> (it just got lambdas in JDK 8)
Interesting use of the word 'just'. At the risk of making readers feel old... Java 8 was released _6 and a half years ago_.
- bird_monster 6y agoJava got lambdas in the most recent quarter of its development.
- ThePadawan 6y agoMaybe as a point of comparison (I wondered): C# got them in C# 3.0 in 2007.
- lchengify 6y agoPoint taken. For some reason, a lot of the code work i've encountered is tied to JDK 8. Might be due to it having LTS until 2018 [1]. It could be anecdotal, but I've found in practice vendors and companies are conservative about their JDK upgrades. I haven't seen anything prior to JDK 6 in a while, but I don't think the upgrade cycle is as fast as say, python minor version upgrades. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history
- saagarjha 6y agoYou're making me feel old, and I'm not even old. Or perhaps I should blame codebases that are still trying to be Java SE 1.6 compatible…
- billyjobob 6y agoMany Java shops are only just upgrading to JDK 8 though.