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Re:Java 21: The Nice, the Meh, and the Momentous by brnt on Saturday September 23, 2023 @01:01AM (#37620687)
Java isn't forward compatible?
Re:Java 21: The Nice, the Meh, and the Momentous by jfengel on Saturday September 23, 2023 @08:25AM (#37622662)
Overwhelmingly it is, until it isn't. There are tiny gotchas, especially if you play with some of the murkier aspects, such as reflection or class loading.

The more of someone else's code you use, the more likely one of them bumps into one of the gotchas. And that sets off a cascade of conflicting versions.