Java compatibility? (was Re: Not a bash, just the facts)

Sat Mar 25 22:31:25 UTC 2006

On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 10:17:41PM +0000, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> The viability of Java depends 100% on the expectation that any JRE will 
> have a certain set of features that will work in certain ways.

The last programming competition I went to, I remember there being 
*four* versions of Java available.  Seems really ironic for a language 
with compatibility as a core goal.