Every six months, there is a new Java release. Ever so often (currently, every two years), Oracle labels a release as “long term support”, and Java users wonder whether they should upgrade. In theory, other JDK distributors could offer “long term support” for other releases, but it seems everyone is following Oracle’s lead. Should you upgrade? Here are the major features of Java 21. I omit preview and incubator features (which you are surely ... ⌘ Read more
Every six months, there is a new Java release. Ever so often (currently, every two years), Oracle labels a release as “long term support”, and Java users wonder whether they should upgrade. In theory, other JDK distributors could offer “long term support” for other releases, but it seems everyone is following Oracle’s lead. Should you upgrade? Here are the major features of Java 21. I omit preview and incubator features (which you are surely ... ⌘ Read more