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fix small mistake on JDK compat page
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update Scala 3 wording
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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions _overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.md
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Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Minimum Scala versions:

| JDK | 3 | 3 LTS | 2.13 | 2.12 | 2.11 |
|:-----------:|:--------:|:--------:|:---------:|:---------:|:----------:|
| 24 (ea) | 3.6.4<br>(forthcoming) | 3.3.6<br>(forthcoming) | 2.13.16 | 2.12.21<br>(forthcoming) | |
| 24 (ea) | 3.6.4* | 3.3.6* | 2.13.16 | 2.12.21* | |
| 23 | 3.6.2 | 3.3.5 | 2.13.15 | 2.12.20 | |
| 22 | 3.4.0 | 3.3.4 | 2.13.13 | 2.12.19 | |
| 21 (LTS) | 3.4.0 | 3.3.1 | 2.13.11 | 2.12.18 | |
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Using a different build tool, such as Gradle or Maven? We invite pull
requests adding additional columns to this table.

**Next Scala 3 LTS series will drop JDK 8 support** - read more about it in [the blog post](https://www.scala-lang.org/news/next-scala-lts.html).

## Running versus compiling

JDK 8, 11, 17, and 21 are all reasonable choices both for *compiling* and *running* Scala code.
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## Scala 3

>The Scala 3.x series supports JDK 8, as well as 11 and beyond.
At present, both Scala 3 LTS and Scala Next support JDK 8, as well as 11 and beyond.

As Scala and the JVM continue to evolve, some eventual Scala version may drop support for JDK 8, in order to better take advantage of new JVM features. It isn't clear yet what the new minimum supported version might become.
As per [this blog post](https://www.scala-lang.org/news/next-scala-lts.html),
a forthcoming Scala 3 LTS version will drop JDK 8 support and may drop
11 as well. Stay tuned.
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4. [Scala Actors Futures][4]
5. [Scalaz Futures][5]

[1]: https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19957 "NETAsync"
[1]: https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/B/9/5B924336-AA5D-4903-95A0-56C6336E32C9/TAP.docx
[2]: https://twitter.github.io/scala_school/finagle.html "Finagle"
[3]: https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/futures.html "AkkaFutures"
[4]: https://web.archive.org/web/20140814211520/https://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.9.3/scala/actors/Future.html "SActorsFutures"
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