• Endmaker
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    218 months ago

    Java is looking more and more cool.

    Too bad companies are still stuck on Java 8😔

    • Aatube
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      128 months ago

      which is why the world should just move to kotlin

      • @jimmy90
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        98 months ago

        just move to rust and be done with it :)

        • Aatube
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          38 months ago

          Seriously though, Java devs? Moving to Rust?

          • @pathief
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            28 months ago

            What’s so surprising about that?

            • Aatube
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              8 months ago

              Java is a lot more high-level than Rust. Rust is even a different paradigm.

              • @pathief
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                18 months ago

                So? If a Java dev wants to learn Rust, they’ll make it. There are a lot of burned out Java devs wanting to move to something that feels new and exciting again.

                • Aatube
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                  18 months ago

                  But after evaluating the options, I think most would choose the easier language to learn.

    • Toes♀
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      68 months ago

      Too bad companies are still stuck on Java 8😔

      It’s the only one that matters 🥲 Think of the shareholders.

      • Endmaker
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        18 months ago

        Nah, it’s more of inaction on the companies’ part. There are so many reasons for that, but IMO it boils down to poor engineering culture.

    • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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      That’s bad. 8 hasn’t been getting the essential security updates since march 2022. Of course money can buy a lot, but it’s still a bad idea. Even the Dutch govern.e t has mostly made the transition and they are no known for their elasticity

      • key
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        138 months ago

        8 hasn’t been getting the essential security updates since march 2022.

        That’s not really true despite what Oracle claims. Even without dropping money for Oracle’s 2030 support, there’s been 9 releases to OpenJDK 8 so far in 2024. Amazon has guaranteed OpenJDK 8 LTS through 2026 as “corretto” for justifying it to corporate compliance teams.

        Everyone really should upgrade but it’s going to be several years yet before it’s an actual security risk.