> Java 1.8 is good enough for eternity, so they have to break it to keep getting a salary. Java 8 is an antiquated runtime that under performs in all categorie

> Java 1.8 is good enough for eternity, so they have to break it to keep getting a salary. Java 8 is an antiquated runtime that under performs in all categories against other modern runtimes. > What needs to be fixed in Java is the Virtual Thread pinning, and that is probably the last usable feature they will ever be able to add. It is fixed. Go download the EA release. > They are also trying to deprecate AWT, for their non open-source JavaFX. FX is under the same license as OpenJDK (GPL) and available on Github.