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Re:Love It or Hate It, Java Continues to Evolve by twsted on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:17AM (#20201180)
This is not the only reason.

Who started using Java way before Java 8, used to experience serious issues about memory usage and performances in the JVM.

These memories struggle to leave.

Re:Love It or Hate It, Java Continues to Evolve by sebcat on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:31AM (#20201242)
Especially on 32-bit JVMs. Still have nightmares.