Java 7

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#41

I guess no one gets as hyped about networking as I do :’( le cry

#42

Adobe’s ActionScript docs try to resemble Java’s layout and functionality, but they’ve done it all with javascript so every time I click a link to view a Class, it loses my position in the package list (and just recently has switched to showing only classes in the package of my selected class).

Anyway, even though their docs have more JS and fanciness, they are much less useful so I’ve always liked the simplicity of the Java docs.

#43

Some of us do, but we read the release notes, the SDP stuff states it’s for high speed interconnects, like infiniband, not normal networking.

Endolf

#44

Oh no, believe me I enjoy and get hyped about networking even more than you :wink:

#45

That is not quite true. Apple is currently actively developing the Apple port of Java 7 via OpenJDK - i.e. it’s available now if you want to try the unfinished product.

Also, Apple is fully supporting embedding a JRE (or whatever bits you need in a stripped down JRE) in apps and allowing Java apps in the App store when bundled that way (since they no longer rely on “optional” tech that way). There are already Java apps in the store that work that way.

(Hey Cas - you should put all the PuppyGames stuff in the App Store!)

#46

If there’s enough of OpenJDK to run LWJGL apps then sorted :slight_smile: Although what’s the deal with 32 bit Macs and PPC Macs with regards OpenJDK?

Cas :slight_smile:

#47

OS X 10.6+ is a minimum requirement for OpenJDK, so PPC is pretty much out (since 10.5 was the last OS X to support PPC). Many popular Mac application/games don’t support PPC these days anyway (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, Steam, Mac App Store, etc).

OpenJDK should run fine on 32bit macs though.

#48

I think OS X 10.6 requires a 64-bit capable Mac, not 100% sure. It must be Intel though. Apple only supports the last two OS releases. PPC Macs are long dead. (Which is sad because I have an old Powerbook that is PPC.)

I think the Java stuff that is currently in the App store is using a fragment of OpenJDK 6.

Here’s a section of the relevant thread from the Apple java-dev email list:

#49

10.6 supports both 32bit and 64bit (although it did drop PPC), 10.7 is 64bit only (so yeh that one dropped 32bit), so likely Apple’s 32bit support will die after the next OS X release.

#50

Perhaps I’m reading this incorrectly but it seems to me that this only affects those Apache projects. Have I misread something.

#51

I’m gonna disable these optimizations, do you confirm it is a good idea?

<j2se version="1.6+" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se" initial-heap-size="32m" max-heap-size="256m" java-vm-args="-XX:-UseLoopPredicate -XX:-OptimizeStringConcat -XX:-AggressiveOpts"/>