FW: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

[Ian G]

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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