> Yes, if you're tied to Java 6, you're also tied to Scala 2.11. Why is the former version peg ok but not the latter?
a) Java 6 is forward binary compatible with later versions
b) Google has a reasonable excuse in terms of the Oracle lawsuit. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about Android being stuck on Java 6, but there are extenuating circumstances.
c) Scala 2.11 has issues that affect me and I want to see fixed. Java 6 doesn't, at least not that I've noticed. (If JVM 8 were necessary to the implementation of a Scala feature I cared about I would understand that, but as far as I can see it's irrelevant to my use cases)
a) Java 6 is forward binary compatible with later versions
b) Google has a reasonable excuse in terms of the Oracle lawsuit. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about Android being stuck on Java 6, but there are extenuating circumstances.
c) Scala 2.11 has issues that affect me and I want to see fixed. Java 6 doesn't, at least not that I've noticed. (If JVM 8 were necessary to the implementation of a Scala feature I cared about I would understand that, but as far as I can see it's irrelevant to my use cases)