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Java 1.4.2 Released

Posted by michael on from the half-and-half-2.0-coming-soon dept.

peterwilm writes "Sun released Java 1.4.2 today. It includes many enhancements and changes among them the native look&feel for Win XP and GTK 2.0 as well as support for Itanium 2."

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  1. Re:How fast is java? by j3110 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know, I'm usually the first man upset when people say "Java is slow" without evidence, but I think performance improvement is a valid question of any new product. It's even more of a question when the new release actually is about performance to a degree. So... I wonder who modded you flaimbait, and why.

    On topic though, I've noticed a lot of performance enhancements. If you don't load a GUI, you're program will start pretty much instantly, and will only take about 5M of RAM for a small program. GUI's will take 6M more just because. I'm sure a lot of the 6M is external to the VM and/or frame buffers.

    In any case, I'm happy that my programs keep getting faster without me having to touch them. Also, now they work on the Itanium2, I can put that in the marketing material. (All with no coding/work on my part.) Sometimes, you have to really appreciate the good sides of Java.

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  2. XP Look 'n Feel? by digerata · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Alright, I am a avid proponent of java. But come on guys, XP has been out for almost two year and they are just *now* releasing support for that look and feel?

    That's just one more reason why people are flocking to SWT over Swing.

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