Like I said, just because it's "fixed" in the core doesn't mean there aren't still implications being worked out everywhere else. It's not that black and white.
"Fixed in Java 8" means "You were right but that has been addressed".
I agree with the author in this case and it should be obvious that I do. It's a completely sensable point. I'm not arguing for Java X version I don't like. I'm arguing for Java as an evolving standard. No one in their right mind would think that many of the other languages the author loves are perfect in older stages.
Python 2? Who the hell represents strings as byte arrays? This was a mistake back in the Bell Labs day. It's the "vintage" of computer science.
Does that mean python "sucks"? No, quite the contrary. It means python is good because it will evolve with the times and fix it's issues as it runs into them.
