Brian Frank wrote: > You are correct - J2ME is still basically stuck at a subset of 1.4. > Unbelievable as that it is, those of working with embedded systems are > still stuck in 2002. > > Personally, I find the fact that there is even the notion of a J2ME > silly. If Java had a proper module system in the first place, then > J2ME would just be the kernel/VM module and could have easily tracked > the core language. > The notion of J2ME would still be there, I believe, but just be easy to keep in sync with J2SE.
Whether or not they made it easy on themselves, though, it is hard to justify leaving J2ME back in 2002 -- /especially /with all the renewed focus on mobile via JavaFX mobile, etc. Above and beyond anything else, leaving J2ME back in Java 1.4 unnecessarily fragments Java mindshare. Anyone but the most stick-in-the-mud, ultra-conservative (those on old versions of WebSphere, this does mean you amongst others) should be on Java 5 or higher -- except, of course, that Sun gives the J2ME world no choice, thus forcing part of the Java community to live in the past and making it harder for all of us to move forward together. -- Jess Holle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
