Paul Clapham wrote:The try-with-resources feature looks good, in that it can help me get rid of a ton of cruft in my database code. But that isn't going to make me rush out and get Java 7 so I can use it -- the existing database code ain't broken, at least not if I looked at it recently.
The sad reality of this business is that if your production code relies on something, like Paul's database code, you can't afford to fix it by changing to the latest and greatest.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.