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Java 1.5.0 Now Officially Java 5.0

Posted by timothy on from the these-version-numbers-you-could-leap-to dept.

Quantum Jim writes "In a move which out-does Netscape's one-version number skip and Winamp's two-numbers skip, Sun has announced that the upcoming Java2 release will be marketed as version 5.0, skipping three-and-a-half numbers. Can version 6.022E23 be far behind? Thanks to David Flanagan for the heads-up."

3 of 534 comments (clear)

  1. not even the first time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sun already jumped 1.2 and called it "2".

  2. For non-physics people: by Tar-Palantir · · Score: 5, Informative

    6.022E23 is Avogadro's number, the number of atoms in a mole of an element.

  3. Re:Strongly Typed Container Classes by therealmoose · · Score: 5, Informative
    Auto(un)boxing is the (de)encapsulated of raw types (int, char) into their wrapper classes (Integer, Character) and back as required. Instead of:
    int i = ((Integer) container.get(indx));
    auto(un)boxing allows you to just type:
    int i = container.get(indx);
    It is quite unrelated to generics.