Java2 SDK v. 1.4 Released

pangloss writes: "Yay: XML, built-in Perl-ish regex, jdbc 3.0, asserts, IPv6, lots of other goodies. Release notes and incompatibilities. And I think this means I can use my wheel-mouse in NetBeans without that extra module ;) Download it here." WilsonSD adds: "There are many cool new features including a New I/O package, an Assert Facility and enhanced performance." Some other random Java notes: O'Reilly has an essay about why you won't see any open source J2EE implementations, and Kodak has filed a patent-infringement claim against Sun regarding Java.

Comments

Coincidence?

[Yakman]

I find it funny that the post mentions a lawsuit from Kodak and the O'Reilly essay about Java says:

[...] At the same time, Sun loves to have Kodak moments with some parts of the open source community -- most notably, Apache -- who increasingly feel used and abused [...]

(Emphasis mine) Heh.

64 bit - wow!

[Florian Weimer]

The 4 GB address space limit has become a severe limit on Java bloat. It's good to see that Sun finally addresses this problem.

Why I Don't Want to Touch This

[Greyfox]

I use Java at work and I had to beat 5 fucking team leads with a crow-bar to convince them to move to Java 1.2. Now they all run the other way when they see me coming -- it's a lot harder to get near them with a crow-bar. By the time my company gets done with its final focus meeting to decide that moving to 1.4's a good idea, Sun will be releasing Java 2.4 (With telepathic user interface code.) If I get all used to how great Java 1.4 is, work will suck more, and it already sucks so much that light can't escape.