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Whats the Java thing? It's for webpages and web browsers right? Please tell me I'm right... What does this meen for Apple?

This is excellent news! Java and Cocoa Java is a path that Apple should (and is) taking seriously - this OOP language is easy to learn and very powerful! Kudos to Apple for finally getting around to implementing or at least working on an implementation of the latest Java.

Originally posted by LimeiBook86
Whats the Java thing? It's for webpages and web browsers right? Please tell me I'm right... What does this meen for Apple?

You're kidding me, right?

hey just cuased he don't no java dont meen he should be piked on.. i meen i dont no how two speel!

Originally posted by LimeiBook86
Whats the Java thing? It's for webpages and web browsers right? Please tell me I'm right... What does this meen for Apple?

Hmmm.. well my company is very happy about this as it means that our entire Management Console Suite for storage devices can now be run from OS X... well maybe not the whole company but I am very happy that now I won't have to do testing on the poor derelict PC which I have only because of java 1.4

Originally posted by macktheknife


You're kidding me, right?

Generally when someone responds like that and fails to expand it is a good sign it was a defensive mechanism for when you don't know the answer yourself.

If you have problems with what he said I would take it as what's so important about this version of Java that it really warrants a mention and what will it mean to Apple? There has been some substantial work done and rewriting of code for this release so it is important.

I will leave that for someone more active in Java development to answer though.

I think that it's a very-very important event. Almost for me.

But http://connect.apple.com/ seems to be offline.

OK. I'll wait a bit more...

Ciao. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by LimeiBook86
Whats the Java thing? It's for webpages and web browsers right? Please tell me I'm right... What does this meen for Apple?

Java is a crossplatform programming language. What this means is that you only have to write the application once, and it should compile and run on Mac, Windows and Linux. Java Applets are little programs that run on web pages, they never really caught on for most people. Flash and Shockwave filled that market. But if you see 'loading applet' thats a java applet. I don't know if this is a sufficient explanation...Maybe someone else would care to expand. I like C

Originally posted by foniks2020


Hmmm.. well my company is very happy about this as it means that our entire Management Console Suite for storage devices can now be run from OS X... well maybe not the whole company but I am very happy that now I won't have to do testing on the poor derelict PC which I have only because of java 1.4

How ironic is it that Java, perhaps the most modern of languages, compels people to use very old hardware to access it.

The whole point of Java is to be agnostic of hardware, but this is rediculous!

Rocketman

Originally posted by Telomar
Generally when someone responds like that and fails to expand it is a good sign it was a defensive mechanism for when you don't know the answer yourself.

If you have problems with what he said I would take it as what's so important about this version of Java that it really warrants a mention and what will it mean to Apple? There has been some substantial work done and rewriting of code for this release so it is important.

I will leave that for someone more active in Java development to answer though.

YOU'RE kidding, right?? I also find it quite surprising that he didn't know what Java is. With all of the publcity for Java out there, its quite surprising.

This is definitely good news from Apple, but it seems like there may be problems. For instance, it looks like they changed some of the Apple specific classes. This is apparent if you try running Limewire. There is either a class missing or not in a proper location which is related to Carbon.

This may also be a case of Limewire using improper classes or libraries in their implementation. I'm looking into what that cactually does.

Taft