Note that Jess 6 will run perfectly fine on JDK 1.3 if I adopt JDK
1.2.2 features; In general I'd make sure of that. But if I also adopt
features new with 1.3, I leave people stuck with 1.2.2 out in the
cold.
I've gotten about two dozen (!) responses to my question so far, and
the votes have been pretty consistent. I've gotten only one asking me
to keep 1.1 compatibility for 6.0, three advocating a move to 1.3, and
the balance saying that I should break 1.1 but keep 1.2
compatiblity. Since this goes along with my gut feeling on the
subject, that is what I am going to do (unless I hear a new and
overwhelming argument.)
I think David Grimshaw wrote:
>
> Perhaps you should go straight to 1.3. I do not have any deep reason for
> this choice, just some anecdotal evidence. A number of students doing
> thesis projects (on NT platforms) found various annoyances with 1.2.2.
> They switched to 1.3 prereleases and their problems went away. Their
> programs ran faster too. I had similar experiences.
> Also, now that 1.3.0 final version is out, will Sun be spending much time
> on 1.2?
>
> I imagine Jess 6 final will not be finished until early next year :-)
> How good will 1.2.2 look then?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Dave
>
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> David Grimshaw
> Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science
> Ryerson Polytechnic University
> 350 Victoria Street
> Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
> http://www.ryerson.ca/~dgrimsha
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