Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@ieeesb.etsit.upm.es> writes: > java-compiler To include both jdk 1.0.2 (which is divided in many small > packages, name varying whether you have Motif or not) and > jdk 1.1 (which is in unstable and has different > package names from jdk 1.1) and guavac they're compiling Java to Java Bytecode. They are not needed for the execution of the program. > The reason for the later is so Java-based programs can just check there is > jdk available to run with (if they do not depend on a specific version of > jdk) just the same as c-compiler is used. better call it jvm - and include a version number with it as the Virtual Machines for 1.0 and 1.1 differs much. There will be different Java Virtual Machinches, i.e. the Sun JDK, Netscape Navigator, kaffe. Bye Christian -- Christian Leutloff, Aachen, Germany leutloff@sundancer.oche.de http://www.oche.de/~leutloff/ leutloff@debian.org Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.de.debian.org/
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