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Re: Versions for java-virtual-machine



> And kaffe 1.0.b4? What version of the VM does it provide? And gcj compiles 
> which version of the language? One of the problems with versioning is that 
> compliance to a specific version of the VM spec (for the JVMs) or to a 
> specific version of the language (for compilers) is typically not documented 
> (or well hidden).

But it *does* matter.  The vm spec for 1.1 *might* not accept class files
created for the 3.0 jvm.  The jvm spec is well documented.  So is the language
spec, and the java.* class libraries.

---- Cris J H


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