Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:06:39 +0000 From: Ian G <iang@iang.org> To: Joris Verschoor <j.verschoor@nefli.nl> Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Message-ID: <41E28BEF.1070604@iang.org> In-Reply-To: <41E27800.3030800@nefli.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0501071006420.16858-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <41DE4504.5040300@ebs.gr> <2569.216.220.59.169.1105114005.squirrel@216.220.59.169> <41E247F2.2070605@nefli.nl> <20050110102730.GA31285@mongers.org> <41E25A39.9040506@nefli.nl> <41E27513.9030909@iang.org> <41E27800.3030800@nefli.nl>
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Joris Verschoor wrote:
> Ian G wrote:
>
> True, but if you're using a 5.0 compiler, it will use StringBuilder
> and other things 1.4 does not have, so although the bytecode is
> compatible, 1.4.2 does not have the right libraries / methods :(
Actually that's not the case, you can tell the compiler
to compile for 1.4 as a target, and it avoids such things.
>
> I'd be nice, but I won't be using any non-standard stuff..
>
>>
>> I'd say that doing so was a mixed bag; one problem
>> I saw was that the code couldn't then be compiled
>> in anyone else's shop. Also, once used extensively,
>
>
> Exactly my problem
No responsible manager should ever let such a thing
happen... It's just too risky on every level, given the
whole environment.
But, it doesn't speak kindly of Java; It should be quite
routine to use such forward features in non-production
code, and even to trial it in limited production, but the
way Java is squeezed by so many coralling restrictions,
one has to stay on the straight and narrow. I have no
idea how big development environments manage to do
this with their longer cycles.
iang
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