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The original was posted on /r/java by /u/yk313 on 2024-10-21 12:17:29+00:00.


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Quite surprised to see this coming from the maintainer of a popular library/tool in the ecosystem.

Despite the OpenJDK team (and their DevRel department) dispelling this myth over and over again there is still quite a lot of misinformation out there.

For those wanting to learn more about this, here is a good video from Nicolai Parlog that goes into quite a lot of detail.

And, the JEP 14: The Tip & Tail Model of Library Development lays down a recommendation on how library/tool developers could serve the needs of the users of both the newest and the older JDKs.