RFC: JEP JDK-8208089: Implement C++14 Language Features

[Volker Simonis]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 10:26 AM Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
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> On 3/2/20 10:46 PM, Volker Simonis wrote:
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> > As lead of the 8 and 11 update projects you probably know best, if this fix
> > will eventually be considered for backporting and choose your means wisely
> > :)
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> Yeah, I know. Srsly. :-)
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> But one of the few things of which I am certain is that we must not
> allow the needs of backporting to determine the future of Java. That's
> the way of staying in the past.
>
> As Patrick Head put it, “Some people tell me that Formula 1 would be
> better if the drivers still used stick shifts, but that’s a bit like
> saying, 'isn’t it a pity we don’t still walk around in clogs!'”
>

Totally agree.

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