> I can reasonably likely run a 30 years old compiled, .jar file on the latest Java version. Great, pretty much every language ever can do the equivalent. Not

> I can reasonably likely run a 30 years old compiled, .jar file on the latest Java version. Great, pretty much every language ever can do the equivalent. Not what anyone is talking about. > Java is the epitome of backwards and forward-compatible changes, Is the number of companies stuck on Java 8 lower than 50% yet? [1] [1]: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2023/java/ https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2023/java/