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minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·5 days agoShoot, I got paid to write a brand new Java 8 application… in 2020
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoMy team was just handed a Java 1.2 codebase, we are deploying it (mostly as is) to production next week.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoMake sure you enable the right flags on the JVM, such as this one:
minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoUh… the customer is always right?
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoFair enough, though I’d imagine there’s some actual platform constraint to force using an old version for a new project
minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYeah, that’s what it was. The software was going to be deployed to a range of aircraft of various ages and the oldest ones only supported Java 8.
Shoot, I got paid to write a brand new Java 8 application… in 2020
My team was just handed a Java 1.2 codebase, we are deploying it (mostly as is) to production next week.
Make sure you enable the right flags on the JVM, such as this one:
B-but why?
Uh… the customer is always right?
Fair enough, though I’d imagine there’s some actual platform constraint to force using an old version for a new project
Yeah, that’s what it was. The software was going to be deployed to a range of aircraft of various ages and the oldest ones only supported Java 8.