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this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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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.
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
What changes are you referring to?