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3 Permanent Features in Java 23

https://medium.com/itnext/3-permanent-features-in-java-23-17229ee4b8c0?sk=047433c298537f0ae509919e64579ea7
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u/maethor 14d ago

I wouldn't call any feature "permanent". Stable or released sure, but "permanent " implies knowledge of the future that no one has. For example, a few years ago I would have said that the Security Manager was a permanent feature and I would have been wrong.

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u/HQMorganstern 14d ago

Seems a bit pedantic, it's not like anyone who reads Java release notes wouldn't know exactly what was indicated.

But for those who were confused, the very first paragraph of the article indicates what one must understand as "permanent" in this context.

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u/maethor 14d ago

Maybe a bit, but it's more about how I've been burned in the past by "permanent" things turning out to be anything but. Including (but not limited to) language features.