Indeed, since Oracle decided to change the frequency of Java releases, as well as its attitude towards Long Term Support, many organisations have decided to stick with Java 8 despite numerous newer releases. There are of course many reasons why an older version of a programming language might be required, however the request from this client to use Java 8 in particular is far from unique. This raises the question, why did the client want to use such an old version of Java? This may not seem that strange of a request until you realise that Java SE 8 (aka "Java 8") was released in March 2014 and that the current Java version, released in March 2020, is Java 14. Recently, we were asked to ensure that a course we were giving used Java 8.
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