2022.1 is coming shortly. In any case, one can easily specify jdk18 as the platform to use for a project. The IDE might not recognize some syntax, but the code will compile and run just fine.
How is this not the same as spam, and with the same solution: require some cost to be borne by the uploader. The video hosting site can require a credit card and a small fee, like $1, and this problem will go away.
But Pornhub won't do that because it will cut profits.
Which is the real problem here. Pornhub is making $$$ off the victim of sexual assault. They will do just enough to pretend that they are fighting the problem, but not do the one thing that will actually end it.
Trying to use a newer JDK on some applications, like Intellij, may require adding entries to the idea64.vmoptions file to relax the module restrictions that were tightened in JDK 15 and 16, if that app hasn't been updated for those changes.
Entries like this:
--add-opens=jdk.jdi/com.sun.tools.jdi=ALL-UNNAMED
might be needed.
It depends. There is less latency in the IDE due primarily to better GC (just as the article describes). I think the speed is better too on things like indexing the code base, but that could depend on your computer. I'm running on a 32core high end AMD system with lots of RAM, and I increase the heap setting in Intellij to 4G, etc. I think the IDE is subjectively better.
We run all our production applications on JDK17 too, which is why I push to run everything on 17.
- The current JBR is JDK11, not JDK8.
- You don't need to reinstall anything to use an alternative JDK with the IDE. Just set the IDEA_JDK envar to the JDK of choice.
- Ugly as sin is an opinion. I use the IDE with linux on a hidpi display. Looks perfectly acceptable to me...even running with JDK18.
- I just reported an issue while running with the JBR17 a few days ago. Jetbrains was perfectly responsive to my issue.
This is so removed from reality that it's difficult to know where to start.
For starters, sub-pixel aliasing is a standard part of the JDK and isn't a Jetbrains addition.
What exactly is stopping you from using a standard JDK17 build with Intellij? How is the IDE not functional for you when doing so? How is it improved when using the JDK17 runtime they have on their github page?
Edit the idea64.vmoptions config file and use the GC of your choice. I've been running with ShenandoahGC for quite some time now and it's been working great.
I used both in the Monte Carlo calculations for my PhD thesis back around 1990. Much better convergence than generic quasi-random numbers.