Re: the staying power of heaps
John Reppy <[email protected]>
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The runtime system has a magic number that gets embedded in the heap image. Whenever the image changes in a incompatible way (i.e., because of a change in the runtime), the number is changed. It should refuse to load heaps that have the wrong magic number. - John On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > This sounds a lot like a FAQ to me, but it is not in the Web FAQ list > (such as it is). So here goes: > > How portable are exported heaps with respect to successive releases? > Will a heap exported under 110.42 still work under 110.59? What about > heaps from 93.x? Is there a Big Fat Warning in the release README > when > compatibility is broken? > > -- > She had a passion for anyone who could do anything really well. > ... "Not for an engineer, not for a technician!" > Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master & Margarita > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Smlnj-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smlnj-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642