Speed of Java
Paul Lussier
p.lussier at comcast.net
Mon Jun 5 15:09:01 EDT 2006
John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> writes:
> Last time I looked at IBM Jikes, which was a long time ago, it was
> still based on Java 1.1.x. Is that still the case?
Not to my knowledge. apt-cache search on one of our test systems shows:
$ apt-cache search ibm
ibm-java2-jre - IBM Java2 1.4.2 SR4-1 Java Runtime Environment.
ibm-java2-sdk - IBM Java2 1.4.2 SR4-1 Software Development Kit.
> If so, aren't there version compatibility issues when using
> third-party java code that was written in the context of 1.4.x or
> 1.5.x?
Perhaps, but, as the doctor says, "If it hurts when you do that, don't
do that!" So, we don't, I'm sure :)
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Seeya,
Paul
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