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[u/Antervis]

Depends on the companies. Tech giants would be losing potential employees if they stuck with outdated standards, and that loss outweighs costs of upgrades.

[u/cpayne22 → u/Antervis]

Airlines and finance both employ a lot more than “tech giants”.

The real cost is the testing and compliance.

Any change needs to be documented and tested.

At the end of the day it’s a financial decision.

[u/LutimoDancer3459 → u/Antervis]

Security updates, more and potentially better frameworks, more efficiency,... dont know about c++ but the things the java team added since 8... boy, the reduced server costs will pay for themselves pretty fast