“We've decided to add support for Java 8 language ...

# android

[sdeleuze]

“We've decided to add support for Java 8 language features directly into the current javac and dx set of tools, and deprecate the Jack toolchain” https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/03/future-of-java-8-language-feature.html

[sdeleuze]

Curious to know what are the underlying reasons for such move !!!

[sdeleuze]

And what that means for Kotlin

[mg6maciej]

For JB it means less work.