On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Kirk Hutchinson wrote:
> For those of you who are not programming on multiple platforms and
> have not begun using the much-balleyhooed Java 2, let me clue you in on
> a few things.
I know exactly what you mean. I am working on a project that combines
Tcl and Jacl and I can tell you that the JDK1.2 has a number of really
nasty bugs. Heck, they even broke charcter echo when typing into a DOS
shell!
> Java 2 was released WAY too early, and consequently suffers from
> many bugs and problems. The following parts are things my team
> has encountered where intelligence has changed for the worse, or
> is just plain broken now:
>
> combo boxes
> table models
> character consuming
> JNI - still sucks - especially on Solaris
> Metal look and feel - color and image problems, wicked spacing
Tell me about it, Runtime.exec needs to be fixed in a big way. If
you want to see my suggestion for a fix check out bug # 4156278
at the developer.javasoft.com site.
> System.exec problems still
>
> There are a number of others crucial to our project that have
> been on hold due to Javasoft's negligence.
>
> Plus, there are a number of issues which have not been resolved that
> should have been over a year ago.
>
> There are a few plusses (RMI is faster, overall view speed has improved), but
> the negatives are definitely more than the positives.
> I can't wait for 1.2.1!
Well, the problem with that is that they did not reall "open" up the
source. The source is a little more open but Sun still retains all
control of the spec and you can not use the source code without paying
Sun.
later
mo
dejong at cs.umn.edu
> Personally, I think they opened the source because they realized they
> were falling so too behind the performance and ability they were
> supposed to have by now. The more open licensing will hopefully allow
> others to fix areas of great need they just haven't fixed yet.
>
> Stick with 1.1.7 and you'll be better off until 1.2.1 (or 2.0.1 - if
> they can ever get their names straight).
>
> Java will be great if they don't keep screwing it up!
>
> kirk
> --
> Kirk Hutchinson, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Electrical & Software Engineer, Cabletron Systems
> What good is unused science?
>
