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Or rather go to the only comment there from someone who knows their shit https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28821316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=288

Or rather go to the only comment there from someone who knows their shit https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28821316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28821316 and skip the site altogether.

jpgvm 5y ago
Yeah the site is useless. I didn't comment on the last post but to summarize from a JVM/infra guy: Use a JDK that contains the features you want and is from a vendor that gets access to embargoed Java security updates. This matters more for pre-Java 11 as certain vendors backport things like Java Mission Control/Flight Recorder and other performance and debugging features to Java 8. Post Java 11 the feature sets of the various vendors are roughly equal with much more minimal diversity. For the most part they are generally equal. The determining factor depending on your org size might be your capacity to pay for support and your tendency to need that support. My pick is Azul but Coretto or any of the others are fine too. Try make sure you are at least on Java 11 as the Java 8 -> 9 migration was very hairy due to modules. If you are at least on Java 11 then all future upgrades are likely to be very easy in comparison.
- EdwardDiego 5y ago
  > as the Java 8 -> 9 migration was very hairy due to modules Bytecode changes too. Java 9 presents a hard limit for upgrading a lot of older libraries that are using bytecode generation / manipulation.
  - krzyk 5y ago
    Not modules but removal of JEE classes from Jdk.
    - vips7L 5y ago
      Simply fixed by adding them as dependencies to your pom.xml.
      - jpgvm 5y ago
        In later versions they have been renamed also but that isn't until Java 17 I think with them moving under the jakarta namespace.
        krzyk 5y ago
        Renamed but in library. JDK has nothing to do with them since 9.