Re: [Java Spec Report] javac -source 1.5 @ mac

Thank you much, 1.5 javac life makes much more sense now.

Specifically I heard:

> The jsr14 prototype is derived from the same
> sources and can be run on any 1.4.2 VM.

Ah.  Sufficient click thru indeed will  find for me somewhere on
Earth ...

... a javac that runs in my Mac Java 1.4.2_03.

> javac is system-independent. The class files
> for javac in tools.jar shipped with Tiger will
> run on any Tiger VM (they were compiled with
> -target 1.5).

Yes.  "Tiger" I take to mean "1.5".

> The 1.5 class file format is not the same as
> the 1.4 class file format with the version
> number incremented, so decrementing the
> version number is likely to result in
> ill-formed class files.

Aye.  But then a more complete dis/reassembly could mostly work.

Pat LaVarre



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