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Re:Request for Java 8 support on Google App Engine by jhugg on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @09:45AM (#9685820)
I mean... sure. Oracle doesn't OWE me anything. They can do what they want. But if they want a positive relationship with their community, they could not break compatibility with every Java release.

I don't know if they care. At some point, people will rebel, but I can't predict where that tipping point is.

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Re:Request for Java 8 support on Google App Engine by flurdy on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @09:57AM (#9685893)
Just no. Their hesitancy to not break backwards compatibility is why Java got so stale. They have gotten better since 1.5 but I would prefer if they broke it more often.

JVM however is a different matter.

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Re:Request for Java 8 support on Google App Engine by reagency on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @11:06AM (#9686332)
You are talking about Sun really. But Java got really stale when Oracle bought Sun and no one cared about Java language for a few years. That's why 7 was so late and had almost no features. Everything in 8 was supposed to be in 7.
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