Do I have to switch to Java 8 or 11 from 16.0.1?

Question

Hi
I saw a comment on Clojure.org stating that it only runs on java 8 or 11. I have 16.0.1 installed. What is the best solution for me? I really do not want to download Java 11 and in a way downgrade. I am also concerned with my older projects all configured to use newer versions.

Answer 1

clojure.org does NOT state that it runs only on Java 8 or 11.

https://clojure.org/releases/downloads says:

Minimum runtime dependency: Java 8
Supported: LTS (long term support) releases, currently Java 8 and Java 11
Others: likely work, but not officially supported

Clojure runs on all versions of Java 8 or higher. We test and officially support Clojure on Java Long Term Support (LTS) releases such as Java 8 or 11 (or coming out today, Java 17). I know of no known issue on any other version of Java 8+, but they are not officially supported.

Clojure works great with Java 16.0.1 - if you want to use that, go for it.

Comments

Thank you so much.

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When I install and run it, Windows says the module can not be run b/c it is not digitally singed.

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It sounds like you are talking not about Clojure (the language) but the Clojure CLI tool for Windows. You can find some more support for this question at https://github.com/clojure/tools.deps.alpha/wiki/clj-on-Windows

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ok. Yes. Thank you so much. I need to read more of the documents. Thank you for your help.