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		gib444 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java 26 is here I wonder what percentage of java code in the world is still java 8, and always will be?

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gf000 13 days ago [–]

Still a lot, but in absolute terms the majority of Java applications are 8+ for 4-5 years now, according to Oracle's statistics - so they are a minority. It's just that there are so many java projects that it is still a huge number.

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