On 14.09.2015 20:26, Zieris, Franz wrote: > Hi Denis, > > What are the arguments against Java 8?
There aren't really any. I mostly proposed Java 7 because it is the conservative choice: it would make the Eclipse plugin work everywhere where a recent Eclipse (>= 4.4) works. For the user, this might be less surprising than a plugin which requires a newer Java version than the IDE itself. Other than that, there is no real reason why we shouldn't upgrade to Java 8. Other than Stefan, I think that Java 8 has several great new features in the language and libraries that will be very beneficial for us. For instance, the readability of many inline Runnables we have in our code would benefit greatly from the new lambda expression syntax, and the functional tools in java.util.stream as well as the java.util.concurrent enhancements will probably also be useful [1]. But as I said, personally I would be happy with a minimum of Java 7 as well. Regards, Denis [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8-whats-new-2157071.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ DPP-Devel mailing list DPP-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dpp-devel
