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Yes, Java has had plenty of bad press in recent years because of security issues. Yes, the upcoming release of Java, version 8, has had its initial feature set pared and has been delayed. But Java developers still are set to embrace that upcoming release, results of a survey being released Monday reveal.

A February survey of 2,870 Java developers taken by middleware vendor Typesafe, proponents of the Scala JVM language, found that 29 percent plan to upgrade to Java Standard Edition 8, due on March 18, within six months. An additional 25 percent plan to make the move within six to 12 months. Java 8 will be offered via Java Development Kit 8.

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