From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 1 20:36:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20248 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 20:36:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20234 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 20:36:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA06412; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:36:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA13764; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:36:16 -0600 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:36:16 -0600 Message-Id: <199810020336.VAA13764@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Joe Shevland Cc: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java In-Reply-To: <361432B8.CDAD82A6@TurnAround.com.au> References: <361432B8.CDAD82A6@TurnAround.com.au> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I suddenly need java for a school project (I need jdbc). I see the port > > of 1.1.6, and I'm currently installing it, but the 3 other members of my > > project are all going to be using 1.1.7. Will I notice much difference? > > No, 1.1.7 only has (among other things) an updated JIT (just in time > compiler) and bugfixes. Note, the JIT fixes are only on the Win32 platform, so wouldn't affect any unix boxes. (And, given the sorry state of the Symantec JIT, I wouldn't trust it for anything mission-critical in any case. Sad stories available upon request. ;( ) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message