Comment by ozim
From what I gather everyone is still stuck on Java 8 so no need to check?
From what I gather everyone is still stuck on Java 8 so no need to check?
Where do you gather this from? We are a startup, on Java and on 25.
Why didn't you choose something more modern/sensible. go/kotlin/anything else on the planet?
Go is more verbose than Java though, in what way would it be more sensible?
Also, Java's ecosystem is unparalleled (top 3 in size, depending on domain it usually has the best packages (e.g. typical backend-related functionality)), has stellar performance, a huge developer base, best-in-class IDE support, even LLMs understand it exceptionally well (given how widely represented it is in the training corpus, plus has a decent type system) if that's your thing.
For a typical backend system, you really have to have a good reason to choose something else at this point.
Even stuck on Java 8 it's less verbose than Go, which everyone seems to love.
But the majority of projects are on a newer JDK than 8 for quite some years now.