Re: sun announcement

1999-12-09 Thread Bruce R Miller
Jacob Nikom wrote: > > It looks like they forgot to connect it to the rest of the site - > even search of their web site does not find it. Odd, maybe some browser/script trickery messing it up??? When I connect to http://java.sun.com/ It's right near the top; the first "Headline & Featu

Re: Float -> Double conversion bug ?

1999-09-24 Thread Bruce R Miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear all, > > If I try to put a float into a double variable the last bits of the > precision are total garbage ! You got a problem with 0's ??? :> 0.3 cannot be represented exactly in either float or double. When the float gets extended to double precision it is

Re: ...

1999-04-30 Thread Bruce R Miller
On Apr 30, 11:28am, Riyad Kalla wrote: > Subject: ... > > Has anyone checked out the new STATUS page? oh wow... that > kicks ass... well when its done atleast... BRAVO!!! (ie. Thanks guys!) -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://math.nist.gov/~BMiller/

Re: Sun/bashing

1999-04-23 Thread Bruce R Miller
On Apr 23, 12:09am, Chris Abbey wrote: > Subject: Re: Sun/bashing > At 11:24 AM 4/22/99 -0700, Paolo Ciccone wrote: > >1) Sun pushed Java as a multiplatform language. > > Sun positioned Java as a language not bound to any realworld platform; > and hence as being multiplatform capable. [...] Now,

Re: ...

1999-04-21 Thread Bruce R Miller
On Apr 21, 9:55am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: RE: ... > Well stated. I congratulate you on your directness > and your level-headedness. > ... > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Abbey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Directness, sure, but level-headedness? It seemed to me only slig

Re: Hatred of 1.2 messages

1999-02-24 Thread Bruce R Miller
On Feb 24, 12:08am, John Goerzen wrote: > Subject: Re: Hatred of 1.2 messages > Gerald Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm starting to get the feeling that many in this group are approaching > > "when will 1.2 be out" messages with a very disheartening attitude that > > will surely tur

Re: JDK 1.2 Snapshots???

1999-02-16 Thread Bruce R Miller
On Feb 16, 10:14am, Nathan Meyers wrote: > Subject: Re: JDK 1.2 Snapshots??? > Tony Pujals wrote: > > (If this issue has already been discussed, then I apologize in advance for > > not researching the archives.) > > The issue has been discussed extensively... see the archives. Cardinal rule #1 > o

JDK 1.1.7 & glibc 2.0.1xx

1999-02-11 Thread Bruce R Miller
Hi all; Would the problem with jdk 1.1.7 and glibc-2.0.1xx be solved simply by re-make-ing the system? This has solved some other similar problems for me. (or does extensive, painful, testing have to be done?) If it's simple -- and assuming jdk 1.2 isn't right around the corner -- would it be

Re: about Class class.

1999-01-02 Thread Bruce R Miller
SABYASACHI S GUPTA wrote: > > I dont know this might be something very simple... > so please excuse me. > > I have the following small code. > > public class saby { > > public static void main(String args[]) > { > > String s = "myclass"; > Class