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JDK 10 is out

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35 pointsSoulMan9 comments

"Java 9 is obsolete [...]. What? You haven't upgraded yet? Well, Java 10 is only going to last six months before it is obsolete too."

http://blog.joda.org/2018/02/java-9-has-six-weeks-to-live.ht...

Yeah I was surprised by this announcement. Haven't even checked out Java 9 yet.

This explains why there were so many big numbers in the openjdk-* package section in my distro. I had assumed they werr placeholders for some reason.

While Oracle keeps churning out newer Java versions, their products still use the obsolete version. Oracle ERP is notorious at my workplace for being the only app still relying on applets to work.

IT security guys go nuts over this. But Oracle is of no help. Their support team always deflect responsibility. Their defense is that product is deployed behind a corporate firewall. So, it should be safe to use.

Why would Oracle do this to their language? It seems like a surefire way to make sure a business will never choose Java ever again. When it comes to languages, I think there's definitely a right and a wrong way to implement changes. It's been four years since I tried to do any Java programming, but I know there are many business who are trying to build codebases that last even longer than that. Are we transitioning into a workplace where language stability is a thing of the past? Is it already a thing of the past?

Because everyone else is going into shorter release cycles.

Java either runs with them, or keeps being the last to add certain features.

Thankfully not all business are crufty enterprise servers running Java 1.4 on Red Hat Enterprise 5.

The plan is to release a version every six months and a LTS release every three years. If a business wants a stable version they can go with the LTS. I don't see how this changes anything from how it was done before.

The worst part has yet to come: ditching JavaFX, One have to build it itself (OpenKFX), which translates to _none_ is doing it. Until now, there's no OpenJDK9/10 with JavaFX modules (including WebKit)

God I'm old. I remember when JavaFX was announced, how it was going to change the web and the way we develop.

I also remember after about 1 year later talking with someone how JavaFX was DOA.

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