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 :)
-- 
Seeya,
Paul



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