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Re: Selecting a javac which supports at least Java5



On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 07:26:39AM +1100, Sam Couter wrote:
> Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Who says the results are the same? Who says the results are the same
> > with different JDK 5 implementations?
> 
> The Java bytecode spec says so. Most differences will indicate bugs in
> one implementation or another, which need to be found and fixed.

No, that's wrong. The Java bytecode spec defines a base to work, but e.g.
different compilers implement some stuff differently. Exception handling
and interface handling come to my mind.


Cheers,
Michael
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