[OSM-newbies] Java version?

[Lauri Hahne]

There is some correlation between different naming naming convention.
Developers tend to use the ones with dot and Sun's marketing
department the integer version. What you should remember that all new
Java releases are fully backwards compatible so the latest version
should always work.

Here is a quick list of different version numbers:

1.0
1.1
1.2 -> Java 2
1.3
1.4
1.5 -> Java 5 (Josm requires at least this)
1.6 -> Java 6 (but this works too and should have some performance improvements)




On 07/10/2007, Rick Collins <redsp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks.  I figured it was something like that.  But I have
> to say I find Java very confusing to learn about.  I used
> to work some with Forth and compatibility between different
> types of Forth was a running joke.  They used to say, "If
> you seen one Forth, you seen one Forth".  It seems to be a
> bit like that with Java in that there are many splinters
> and variations on a theme.  Learning about Java seems to be
> a bit like learning to run during an earthquake.
>
> So I assume that when you say "jre 1.5" you mean this is a
> specific revision of the jre spec, not a particular
> revision of an implementation of a jre, right?
>
>
> --- Lauri Hahne <lauri.hahne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The are different names for different vesions of Java.
> > The 1.5 is the
> > minimum jre version number. Java version 6 ships with jre
> > 1.6 which is
> > completely fine.
> >
> >
> > On 06/10/2007, Rick Collins <redsp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I am new to the Java environment and I can't say I
> > really
> > > get what is going on.  The JOSM program says it needs
> > JRE
> > > 1.5, but when I go to the Sun site the version is 6!!!
> > I
> > > assume that the number 1.5 is not the actual version of
> > the
> > > program, but rather the version of some Java spec or
> > > interface?
> > >
> > > Will the Sun Java work with JOSM?
> > >
> > > --
> > Lauri Hahne
>
>
>
>
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Lauri Hahne