"Olivier M." wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 07:56:33AM -0800, Nathan Meyers wrote:
> > It doesn't exist anymore; it's now the "java" command everywhere.
>
> well, but then it's not backward compatible at all : nothing
> is working (exceptions on start). I guess I will have to keep
> both JDK on my system.
Who claimed backward compatibility? JDK1.2 does a remarkably good job at
compatibility, given the immensity of the change from 1.1. But some
things don't make the move smoothly; as far as I know, Sun's HotJava
browser is still unusable under 1.2 because of its tight dependencies on
the 1.1 security architecture. It sounds like your code may have similar
problems. You might try the "oldjava" launcher, which emulates the old
environment enough to sometimes work with such code.
The move away from "jre" was a mixed blessing, and has its own issues
above and beyond the compatibility problems. Under 1.1, "jre" was
redistributable and "java" was not, so lots of existing deployed product
scripts with dependencies on "jre" are automatically broken by the
change. And, while the JDK1.2 "java" subsumed such "jre" options as
"-cp", the difference in how classes are loaded can still lead to
occasional surprises.
Nathan
>
>
> Thanks all for the informations :)
> Olivier
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