• stevecrox@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Java 11 allows you to paste in JavaScript and it largely just works, which is cool and terrible.

    There are some really good ideas but I think a split is coming.

    Java 17 code looks like an entirely different language from Java 1.8. With the pace of changes keeping backwards compatibility is increasingly difficult.

    The actual backend improvements keep being pushed.

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      1 year ago

      Java 11 allows you to paste in JavaScript and it largely just works

      Var is not Javascript. It’s not even type inference. It just reduces redundancy in the boilerplate.

      The module changes are a PITA, but not increasingly difficult. There aren’t really other big backwards incompatible changes

      The actual backend improvements keep being pushed

      What changes are you referring to?