You are spot on! Thanks for the clojure dev team to continue supporting Java 1.6.
On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 2:33:56 PM UTC-5, Sean Corfield wrote: > > Didier wrote on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 11:08 AM: > > Why not make new versions of Clojure support the latest Java version and > JDK features > > > Since Clojure 1.7 (and 1.8) run on Java 8 quite happily, I assume you mean > "Why not drop support for earlier Java versions with each new version of > Clojure"? > > The answer — for any situation like this — is that many companies are slow > to upgrade fundamental infrastructure like the JVM because they have so > many things that rely on it, so it is a major exercise. For Clojure to be > adopted by such companies, it needs to run on their existing JVM > infrastructure. > > Dropping support for older JVM versions is therefore a Big Deal(™) and can > not be undertaken lightly. A lot of software generally tries to support > current plus two versions back which would mean Java 6 support should > likely stay until Java 9 is GA (although it’s true that there is also a lot > of software that only supports current plus one version back). > > Bear in mind that there are many companies still running Windows XP > because upgrading is such an expensive business (in time and effort, as > well as any actual costs)! > > Sean Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
