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>Now, as soon as Minecraft gets off Java 6, I can rid my system of that infernal scourge.

Minecraft's Windows launcher has actually included Java 8[1] for some time. Even if using your own install though, it should work just fine (or even better).

[1] https://twitter.com/MojangSupport/status/562199004516466689

Cursive is great, glad to see it mentioned. JetBrains are doing good for themselves, I hope their Kotlin language will gain some traction eventually too. Cursive is amazing because it's built on top of open source IDEA but I'd like to see Kotlin take off as well. Overall I think JetBrains are doing great.

Have you upgraded to the new Minecraft launcher? It bundles its own JRE, and I'm pretty sure it's Java 7.

Current bundled Java version is 1.8.0_25.