Bonjour
I am not agreed with the point of view :
> >The number of platforms (not installed base) that support 1.2
> >robustly is tiny. You can count them on your fingers
I think when Servlets API 2.3 will be implemented in Servlet Engines, all
the platform will support JDK 1.3 and perhaps JDK 1.4 !!
Linux, BSD, AIX and MAC etc .. and I hope BEOS will be in the same train of
JDK ..
Because this train is a TGV, and it is easy to be fast with Java ....
Claude HONNORE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nic Ferrier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Servlet spec 2.3 requires Java 1.2
> >>> Paul Philion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 17-Aug-00 3:03:44 PM >>>
>
> >> Before API 2.1 came out this list was polled for JDK
> >> version and the vote was pretty unanimous (then) for
> >> JDK1.2.
>
> >Oops, I missed that. How long ago was it? (I'd like to go
> >check the archives.)
>
> It was ages ago - 2 years ago?
>
>
> >My biggest concern was the requirement for 1.2.
> >Right now, it is possible to develop and run servlets on
> >a wide variety of platforms, including Mac, BSD and
> >some embedded systems. I think the last is an important
> >area for servlets, as many standalone devices are now
> >configured using HTTP/HTML. Supporting servlets is a
> >powerful addition to that.
> >But if servlets move to JDK 1.2 only, none of that will work.
> >The number of platforms (not installed base) that support 1.2
> >robustly is tiny. You can count them on your fingers.
>
> That's not a reason not to do it.
>
> Here are the reasons for doing it IMHO
>
> 1.Some of the things we're trying to do in servlet 2.3 are dependant
> on Collections. These things are all long overdue.
>
> If we had to wait for a version 3.0 it would be a long time before we
> fixed these problems.
>
> When would a version 3.0 come out? Sun has no plans (AFAIK) to start
> work on a major revision. It could be 5 years away.
>
>
> 2. Servlet-2.2 engines that do no require JDK 1.2 will still be
> around - they're not going to go away (particularly Tomcat which is
> the reference and so can't go away).
>
>
> 3. Lastly I think you over state the case about the lack of JDK1.2
> compatability. There are quite a few JVMs out there offering JDK1.2.
> There are even good free-software/open-source JVMs that support JDK1.2
> for embedded apps (eg: Kaffe).
>
>
>
> Nic
>
>
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