Re: regarding JDk 141 and JDK 122 for linux 64 bit Platform

From:

Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:47:33 +0000

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Jaggu wrote:

Hi All.
I am porting my application from 32 bit linux to 64 bit linux. For
my application i am using JDK 122 and JDK 144. Do these versions have
downloads available for 64 bit linux. If yes, Please let me know from
where i can get these downloads,
Thanks in advance.
Ranjan

What exactly are you trying to port?

Java shouldn't distinguish between platforms, so your "32bit" Java application
should run perfectly happily in a 64bit JVM, as would a "64bit" Java
application in a 32bit JVM. I do nearly all my development work on a 32bit
desktop, the jars work perfectly fine on both 32bit and 64bit systems. How
would you publish applets/WebStart if you needed different jars for 32bit and
64bit clients?

Also, many 64bit Linux distros. will happily run 32bit applications (even for
the Itanium, albeit rather slowly). So you can most likely run a 32bit Java SDK
on your 64bit Linux (you may need to install 32bit support packages/libraries,
that will depend on the Linux distro.).

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