I think [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello-
>
> I suppose I'll be the dissenting vote, here, or at least more aggressive.
>
> Dynamic proxy support in 1.3 is what fixes most of the reflection problems
> left in 1.2. The use of this could really benefit those who are using
> event listeners from Swing or custom classes. Right now, it is terribly
> difficult to work around some of these problems. Being able to implement
> an interface on the fly is incredible, and absolutely necessary when you
> realize you need it.
Indeed. There are some very, very cool things that can be done with
this in the definstance/defclass area, many of which would simplify
the existing code and probably allow me to unify Jess's fact/object
"duality."
>
> The 1.3 JDK also includes HotSpot, which I can see really helping out JESS
> users in many situations. There is good incentive for most projects to
> move to 1.3, even if 1.3 features aren't being used.
Note that the HotSpot included in JDK 1.3 is the "Client JVM," which
is optimized for GUI applications: in particular, it makes starting
Swing apps faster. The "Server JVM," which is available as a separate
download elsewhere on the site, and which works with JDK 1.2.2 and 1.3
both, gives much better performance with compute-intensive
applications like Jess. I forget the exact numbers but I remember
seeing something like a 30% performance difference.
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Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234
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