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Java 5 RC Available, Gold Targeted for this Month

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the test-driving dept.

Trevor Leach writes "Sun's Java 5 download page is now serving up J2SE 5.0 RC. There are loads of productivity enhancements in this release, code named 'Tiger,' including generics, enums, autoboxing of primitive types, and metadata. Additionally, the Java Developer's Journal qoutes Sun's Graham Hamilton, chief technologist of Java Software, as specifying September 30 as Tiger's target release date."

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  1. Re:One things Java needs... by ja · · Score: 5, Informative
    I have NOT looked at RC 5, but hope they have either sped up SWING...

    Linux and Solaris users, and new in beta2, Windows users, who have the latest OpenGL drivers and select graphic cards can get native hardware acceleration from Java2D using the following runtime property:

    java -Dsun.java2d.opengl=true -jar Java2D.jar

    mvh // Jens M Andreasen

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