I concur. +1
Go for supporting Java 2, and we take whatever lumps there will be.
Eventually, some of the Java 1.0/1.1 libraries will be deprecated, so best to
address modernity now.
Thanks!
mark
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> Hi Folks,
>
> The 6.0a4 release is drawing nigh (should go out by this Friday.) My
> current working version requires Java 2. I know we've talked about
> this before, but given that it's now 2001, and Jess 6 final won't
> be out for some time yet, what's the consensus on requiring Java 2?
>
> - Is it OK? We'd continue to have 4.x and 5.x available to support
> Java 1.0 and 1.1, respectively.
>
> My opinion: yes, it's OK for 6.0 to not support JDK 1.1. I would
> restrict myself to JDK 1.2.2 features, no APIs newer than that.
>
> - Should we support it, or embrace it? In particular, should (for
> example) all use of Enumeration be replaced by Iterator?
>
> My opinion: we should embrace it. As long as we're changing APIs all
> around, we might as well make these modernizations too.
>
> By the way, 6.0a4 is a speed daemon. The new priority-queue based
> agenda-handling machinery is great, and I've also replaced the linear
> fact list with a Map, meaning that the trivial app that asserts 100000
> facts into an empty rule base becomes much, much faster. I've got some
> other tricks up my sleeve, too.
>
> One feature regression: I'm removing the (set-fact-duplication)
> method. If you were using (set-fact-duplication TRUE) just to make
> tihngs run faster, it's no longer necessary; just delete it. If you
> really did want to see duplicate facts -- well, complain now, and I
> might do something about it.
>
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