On 28/10/10 18:51, Robert Hailey wrote: > What benefit does compiling against java-6 have anyway?
It's impossible to provide a full list, or even point to a specific item that's crucial. However, there's a *lot* of additions and improvements to Java, and all of these add up. For example, there's many more utility classes in the standard Java library. Each utility by itself isn't that much, but together means your code can be cleaner. Also, there are extra language features like @Override annotations on interface implementations. On a more abstract note, I think it's contradictory to be "under active development" and still want to support old software. It's trying to cover too much ground. X -- GPG: 4096R/5FBBDBCE
