Gradle is still at JDK 21, albeit not comprehensively as it sometimes still fails to build on anything more recent than JDK 20. Most projects haven’t transitioned to JDK 17 yet. There’s a gap already. I don’t really want to draw parallels but Scala 2 to 3 wasn’t supposed to go the way Python had gone, everyone was certain that wouldn’t be the case, while .NET made a clear cut and somehow managed to move everyone forward, perhaps because of the monocentric organization of the ecosystem. From my experience, I can’t relate with your last sentence however. I do totally appreciate your efforts and investment into the Java community Ron, always have, but your words now feel like a disconnect, or perhaps I am simply no longer part of your target audience.