Java 8 was a thing for a long time (source administered Hadoop clusters that were - and possibly still are - stuck on Java 8).
Java 8 was analogous to 1.8...for reasons.
I wanna say Java 11 (the version after 8) came out around 2011? After that the release cadence was somewhat steady. I think Java 21 landed around 2021?
(Note: I refuse to actually look any of this up.)
Edit: my refusal to look anything up immediately bites as someone else pointed out:
- There was a Java 10
- It was released in 2018.
- Both of these facts helped me remember Java 9 being released.
(Note: I continue to refuse to actually look anything up)
I was hoping to hear "I am moving away because the JVM sucks to administer"...oh well. A man can dream.