# Can someone post a high level summary of the differences between versions 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-someone-post-a-high-level-summary-of-the-differences-between-versions-1-6-1-7-and-1-8/84828>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 26, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-someone-post-a-high-level-summary-of-the-differences-between-versions-1-6-1-7-and-1-8/84828 "2022-07-26T15:04:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![adannenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/adannenberg/32/7869_2.png) [@adannenberg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adannenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-someone-post-a-high-level-summary-of-the-differences-between-versions-1-6-1-7-and-1-8/84828/1 "2022-07-26T15:04:13Z")

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Or direct me to same? I understand the meaning and associated risk levels of LTS, current stable, and upcoming releases. But adoption should be driven by a consideration of risk vs. reward, and the reward part is associated with differences in speed, functionality, ease of use…

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![gbaraldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gbaraldi/32/22101_2.png) [@gbaraldi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gbaraldi)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-someone-post-a-high-level-summary-of-the-differences-between-versions-1-6-1-7-and-1-8/84828/2 "2022-07-26T15:14:55Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/HEAD/HISTORY.md](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/HEAD/HISTORY.md) this file has an overview of the releases

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**Author:** ![adannenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/adannenberg/32/7869_2.png) [@adannenberg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adannenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-someone-post-a-high-level-summary-of-the-differences-between-versions-1-6-1-7-and-1-8/84828/3 "2022-07-26T20:50:52Z")

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Perfect, thank you.