Java2 SDK v. 1.4 Released

pangloss writes: "Yay: XML, built-in Perl-ish regex, jdbc 3.0, asserts, IPv6, lots of other goodies. Release notes and incompatibilities. And I think this means I can use my wheel-mouse in NetBeans without that extra module ;) Download it here." WilsonSD adds: "There are many cool new features including a New I/O package, an Assert Facility and enhanced performance." Some other random Java notes: O'Reilly has an essay about why you won't see any open source J2EE implementations, and Kodak has filed a patent-infringement claim against Sun regarding Java.

Re:Yah, will this be stable on Linux?

[RMSIsAnIdiot]

Of course it will be stable. Everything is stable under L---

kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)
kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)
kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
kernel: Incorrect segment count at 0xc01781d6nr_segments is 15
kernel: counted segments is 17
kernel: Flags 0 0
kernel: Segment 0xc37ace40, blocks 4, addr 0x4bd1fff
kernel: Segment 0xc37acea0, blocks 4, addr 0x4bd27ff
kernel: Segment 0xc37ac780, blocks 4, addr 0x38abfff
kernel: Segment 0xc37acde0, blocks 4, addr 0x38ac7ff
kernel: Segment 0xc3809120, blocks 4, addr 0x1e77fff
kernel: Segment 0xc0e0fda0, blocks 4, addr 0x199c7ff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871ec0, blocks 4, addr 0x6fe2fff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871f20, blocks 4, addr 0x6fe37ff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871e00, blocks 4, addr 0x498afff
kernel: Segment 0xc0e0fec0, blocks 4, addr 0x18aefff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871c80, blocks 4, addr 0x41b6fff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871ce0, blocks 4, addr 0x41b77ff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871b60, blocks 4, addr 0x1d06fff
kernel: Segment 0xc0e0fe60, blocks 4, addr 0x18af7ff
kernel: Segment 0xc38719e0, blocks 4, addr 0x4c3ffff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871aa0, blocks 4, addr 0x4c407ff
kernel: Segment 0xc0e0ff20, blocks 4, addr 0x18ae7ff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871800, blocks 4, addr 0x4cb0fff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871860, blocks 4, addr 0x4cb17ff
kernel: Segment 0xc3871140, blocks 4, addr 0x4b8ffff
kernel: Segment 0xc38717a0, blocks 4, addr 0x4b907ff
kernel: Segment 0xc0e150c0, blocks 4, addr 0x196d7ff
kernel: Kernel panic: Ththththaats all folks. Too dangerous to continue.
kernel:
kernel: rq->cmd=1, rq->sector=73208, rq->nr_sectors=8
kernel: kernel BUG at pktcdvd.c:1046!
kernel: invalid operand: 0000
kernel: CPU: 0
kernel: EIP: 0010:[serial:__insmod_serial_S.bss_L3392+238989/37 155027]
kernel: EFLAGS: 00010086
kernel: eax: 0000001e ebx: c1273840 ecx: c4676000 edx: c020f384
kernel: esi: c208f09c edi: c208f074 ebp: c7f9d760 esp: c6fc3f88
kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
kernel: Process pktcdvd0 (pid: 1303, stackpage=c6fc3000)
kernel: Stack: c8861c10 c8861d2f 00000416 c6fc2000 c208f09c c208f074 c208f000 c7f9d86c
kernel: c8860076 c208f074 00000f00 c762df1c c208f000 00000b00 c6fc3fe0 c208f008
kernel: c208f10c c7f9d778 00000000 c6fc2000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c6fc2000
kernel: Call Trace: [serial:__insmod_serial_S.bss_L3392+245712/3714830 4] [serial:__insmod_serial_S.bss_L3392+245999/3714801 7] [serial:__insmod_serial_S.bss_L3392+238646/3715537 0] [kernel_thread+40/56]
kernel:
kernel: Code: 0f 0b 83 c4 0c b8 06 00 00 00 0f ab 45 48 19 c0 85 c0 75 24

Re:How about a massively parallel

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree. If I had a Beowulf cluster for every time someone said...oh never mind.

Coincidence?

[Yakman]

I find it funny that the post mentions a lawsuit from Kodak and the O'Reilly essay about Java says:

[...] At the same time,

Sun loves to have Kodak moments with some parts of the open source community -- most notably, Apache -- who increasingly feel used and abused [...]

(Emphasis mine) Heh.

Re:Asserts

[utdpenguin]

Assertions can be dangerous. Many people make confident assertions about subjects concerning which they have little knowldge. For example, me talking about coding. :)

64 bit - wow!

[Florian Weimer]

The 4 GB address space limit has become a severe limit on Java bloat. It's good to see that Sun finally addresses this problem.

Re:I've been using this for a while

[flacco]

Autopr0n.com actualy runs using the first beta of JDK1.4. I needed the new ImageIO libraries for the, um, 'site previewer :P' (and the regexs made some of the parsing I'm doing a lot easier :). I tried 1.4b3 but it was far more unstable, and my regexs broke.

It must be hell on productivity working on Autopr0n, what with the spank sessions every thirty minutes or so.

Re:Java2 ?

[grantm]

Remember, this is Sun the people who released Solaris 2.0 which:
- was the first version of Solaris
- declared itself to be SunOS 5.0
- was an implementation of System V Release 4.0

Obviously being able to count is not a prerequisite for getting a job in Sun's marketing department.

Why I Don't Want to Touch This

[Greyfox]

I use Java at work and I had to beat 5 fucking team leads with a crow-bar to convince them to move to Java 1.2. Now they all run the other way when they see me coming -- it's a lot harder to get near them with a crow-bar. By the time my company gets done with its final focus meeting to decide that moving to 1.4's a good idea, Sun will be releasing Java 2.4 (With telepathic user interface code.) If I get all used to how great Java 1.4 is, work will suck more, and it already sucks so much that light can't escape.

Re:Patent titles

[Corrado]

Wow, can they get any more vauge than that!?!?