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> Meanwhile in the real world most applications are running on 10+ year old stacks - Java 8, Python 2, Angular.js etc etc Source: trust me, bro

corethree 3y ago
The sky is blue. Source: trust me, bro The earth is round. Source: trust me, bro
Scarblac 3y ago
We retired our last Angular.js app literally last week, and have a project ongoing to replace the final Python 2 backend. And someone seriously suggested in a meeting last week to keep part of it around...
AllegedAlec 3y ago
We're running .net 4.5.2 Source: trust me, bro
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y ago
  Many babies were thrown out with .net core though
  - AllegedAlec 3y ago
    We develop for systems that at of this time are still stuck on XP/Vista. We'd love to at least be able to progress to 4.8.1 but as of now we can't.
patmcc 3y ago
Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies? If you work at tech companies led by tech people who think of their companies as tech companies, yah, you'll probably be on new(ish) versions. Most software isn't written at companies like that; it's written at boring business companies (like banks and utilities) that are led by business people who say "what do you mean to want to update java? Isn't it working fine? That would cost us a huge amount of money and be super risky and it's not even end-of-life. Go write more Java 8."
- joshmanders 3y ago
  > Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies? > "... it's not even end-of-life. Go write more Java 8." Sounds like Oracle is enabling this response by not EOL'ing it. Just like IE didn't die completely until Microsoft stopped supporting it.
- rr808 3y ago
  Actually we have a mission critical application running Java 6. 8 remains a dream.
- wiseowise 3y ago
  Our bank migrated to Java 17 year ago and plans to upgrade to Java 21 are in motion already.

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> Meanwhile in the real world most applications are running on 10+ year old stacks - Java 8, Python 2, Angular.js etc etc Source: trust me, bro

by wiseowise 3y ago

corethree 3y ago
The sky is blue. Source: trust me, bro The earth is round. Source: trust me, bro
Scarblac 3y ago
We retired our last Angular.js app literally last week, and have a project ongoing to replace the final Python 2 backend. And someone seriously suggested in a meeting last week to keep part of it around...
AllegedAlec 3y ago
We're running .net 4.5.2 Source: trust me, bro
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y ago
  Many babies were thrown out with .net core though
  - AllegedAlec 3y ago
    We develop for systems that at of this time are still stuck on XP/Vista. We'd love to at least be able to progress to 4.8.1 but as of now we can't.
patmcc 3y ago
Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies? If you work at tech companies led by tech people who think of their companies as tech companies, yah, you'll probably be on new(ish) versions. Most software isn't written at companies like that; it's written at boring business companies (like banks and utilities) that are led by business people who say "what do you mean to want to update java? Isn't it working fine? That would cost us a huge amount of money and be super risky and it's not even end-of-life. Go write more Java 8."
- joshmanders 3y ago
  > Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies? > "... it's not even end-of-life. Go write more Java 8." Sounds like Oracle is enabling this response by not EOL'ing it. Just like IE didn't die completely until Microsoft stopped supporting it.
- rr808 3y ago
  Actually we have a mission critical application running Java 6. 8 remains a dream.
- wiseowise 3y ago
  Our bank migrated to Java 17 year ago and plans to upgrade to Java 21 are in motion already.