Is 21 the new Java 8?
Not all Java releases receive the same attention from the community. The ones marked as “LTS” have a much higher chance of broad adoption (even if many of us don’t fully understand what the “LTS” means). This alone makes the recently released Java 21 a serious contender. I believe it’s the most influential Java release since Java 8. Just not all of its groundbreaking aspects are already evident to everybody… Let me explain what makes this release so promising.