Archive for 30 September 2004
Another cup of Java?
30 September 2004 in Code-ing | Comments (0)
Java version 5, or is it 1.5 — I’m not sure about Sun’s versioning scheme — has been released today. Code named Tiger (as Apple’s next version of Mac OS X for some reason) this update to the Java language brings some fixes to the language syntax and such. The more interesting ones in my opinion is that they finally use the normal Windows open/save dialogs and longawaited speed fixes to the JRE.
This is in overview nothing interesting and I don’t know if I dare to download the latest version of JRE, J2ME or J2SE or whatever the name is for the thingy-that-compiles-Java-on-my-computer. One thing is sure: Sun is too messy in their versioning schemes and naming schemes for their products. Even their website is hard to navigate, in one moment it is too oversimplifies, in the other it is too much at once. In conclusion, I burned my fingers on the previous versions of Java and I’m quite sure don’t think I’ll like this version either… 
( I think I’ll return to toying with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Beta meanwhile… 
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