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Only 2% [0] of runtimes are on Java 7. There is a large majority on 8 still and 45% are running Java 17. That being said Java 8 is still less verbose than Go. The number of lines needed to do basic programming like iterating collections or error handling is a magnitude larger in Go. You’re basing your opinion on your feelings rather than objective facts of being in the ecosystem. Yes you may have to import BiFunction…
JetBrains earns money on selling Java-related products. They are a very biased source.
They also earn money selling Go related products!