<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.8.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sat, 2006-25-03 at 21:44 -0500, Michael R. Head wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> >> Java is backwards-compatible. >> One exception: deprecated features. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > This translates to "Java is backwards-compatible, except where it > isn't", Alan. That's not resoundingly persuasive. ;) </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Has any deprecated feature ever actually been removed? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I don't know. I've been avoiding Java as much as possible. I was commenting on Alan's wording, not on Java. The wording was "Java is backwards-compatible except where it isn't." Personally I think that backwards-compatibility of programming languages is a shibboleth (as is the whole idea of "cross-platform code" -- but that's another holy cow entirely). So Java not being backwards-compatible isn't particularly important for me even were I to use Java. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>