I'm not against considering 1.4 for 2.2, but please have in mind that we have to maintain 2.1.x first which is JDK 1.3 based and we need a replacement for Jisp there.
Carsten > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorg Heymans > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Stream vs Mapped IO (was Re: [VOTE] - Entry level > JSDK 1.4 in Cocoon 2.2) > > Has anyone else read Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java" ? > > <quote> (chapter 12) > Although the performance of "old" stream I/O has been > improved by implementing it with nio, mapped file access > tends to be dramatically faster. > </quote> > > So by switching to 1.4 and *not* using NIO you're likely to > get a speed bump already. > > However switching to mapped file access (as was suggested > before using memory mapped files) from traditional stream IO > would gain the most significant increase. > > <quote> > Stream Write: 1719 > Mapped Write: 359 > Stream Read: 750 > Mapped Read: 125 > Stream Read/Write: 5188 > Mapped Read/Write: 16 > </quote> > > I am getting similar results over various runs. The test > program is attached (needs the test harness classes to run, > but you can see what he's doing) > > The third edition including code samples is freely available > from http://mindview.net/Books/DownloadSites > > I hope this helps making the decision 1.4 vs 1.3. I also > started a poll on the userlist to get a feeling of what the > installed userbase is using at the moment. I'll gather some > stats and report back. > > > Regards > Jorg > > Antonio Gallardo wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > Many was talked about this topic. I think it not need a > large explanation: > > > > The idea is to set JSDK 1.4 as the minimum supported JDK > supported for > > the next major release 2.2 of Cocoon. Currently we are > supporting also > > 1.3 but seems like few people is using it. > > > > Do you agree with JSDK 1.4 as the lower Java version > supported in Cocoon 2.2? > > > > Here is my +1 > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Antonio Gallardo > > >
