Technology giant Oracle on September 17 announced the release of Java 23, the latest version of the programming language, coming six months after its previous upgrade.

Oracle is releasing Java 22, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform, delivering thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements to ...

True, new versions of Java appear every six months, in March and September. But they're only supported until the next one arrives. Java 17, on the other hand, will be supported for eight years.