Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 09-04-2010 20:25, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
[lots of stuff that I agree with]
Roedy Green wrote:
Apple is partly the villain there. They have been deliberately
screwing up Java and promoting JavaScript for their iPhone iPad toys.
Screwing up Java? This is what I'm running on Mac OS X 10.6.2 right now
(I haven't done my 10.6.3 upgrade yet):
java version "1.6.0_17"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_17-b04-248-10M3025)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01-101, mixed mode)
I run NetBeans 6.8, Eclipse 3.5, and any number of Java EE 5/6 servers
on that laptop, and I can't say I have noticed that Java is screwed up.
Roedy did write iPhone and iPad.
Somehow I think you are running those IDE's and app servers on
a Mac computer and not on iPhone/iPad.
I saw the iPhone/iPad part, but given the fact that Apple hasn't been
screwing up Java for anything else, which was my point, I'm somewhat
dubious that they are expending effort on screwing it up for anything.
If Apple is in fact pushing JavaScript for iPad/iPhone (and they could
well be, I don't develop for either device) all that means is that they
are pushing JavaScript. Not deliberately crippling Java, nor even not
supporting it. And if this is true then perhaps it means that Apple
thinks JavaScript is well-suited even if Roedy does not.
Apple are pushing very hard a no-VM policy on iPhone and iPad. So