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Re:Request for Java 8 support on Google App Engine by vbezhenar on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @10:01AM (#9685919)
I never run into backward compatibility issues with Java. What issues you are talking about?
Re:Request for Java 8 support on Google App Engine by eonwe on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @10:24AM (#9686058)
I've run into a few, but they've been mostly of the kind where a library/framework infers JDK version and assumes 1.8 is < 1.4 or whatever is the earliest they support.