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This is great news and it should (finally!) work on JDK8 although it won't have JDK8-specific optimizations, which is a pity - as far as I remember, it's planned for v1.2, which probably be out when JDK9 is out, too. I personally would like faster catchup time with the latest JDK, especially when previews are available in advance. Kudos to Groovy that release JDK8-optimized version pretty quickly!

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Yes, that's right, to confirm, it does run on Java 8, but we don't yet take advantage of any Java 8 features of the VM. (We first need to rebase the compiler backend on the Java 8 compiler, which could take some work.) FTR, we hope to move to a faster release cycle, 10 months between releases is really far too long.

Great to hear about the more rapid release cycle - it will help the switch to Ceylon!

I any case congratulations for the release. I am eager to take it for a ride.

Me, too. I'm checking every few minutes to see if Homebrew has the update. :D

It's there now, I believe.

Yes it is, Gavin. And thanks for the great job you're doing with Ceylon!

Cheers!

> Kudos to Groovy that release JDK8-optimized version pretty quickly!

Do note from the http://groovy.codehaus.org/Groovy+2.3+release+notes that the "JDK 8 and its interface default methods introduced some incompatibilities with a few methods of the Groovy Development Kit, so we had to adapt to the situation, introducing minor breaking changes for the affected methods and their outcome."

Also note the "Breaking changes" list hidden at the bottom of that page, which probably only lists some of them.

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