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Java Development Kit release 1.2 (reference) installed on Athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Tue Dec 8 18:17:38 1998
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Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 17:35:27 EST
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
I have installed the recent 1.2 reference JDK release on Athena for
Sun/Solaris. To use java from this release, add the java locker with the -f
switch, then invoke the desired java application with a "-ver 1.2ref"
command-line switch:
add -f java; javac -ver 1.2ref myapplet.java
or if you prefer, add the java_v1.2ref locker (with the -f switch) followed
by the java application without the version switch:
add -f java_v1.2ref; javac myapplet.java
There are a number of new binaries and substantial changes in this release.
See http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2ref/distrib/sun4x_56/docs/index.html for
a documentation starting point. New features are discussed at
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2ref/distrib/sun4x_56/docs/relnotes/features.html,
and demos at
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2ref/distrib/sun4x_56/docs/relnotes/demos.html
I plan to make this release the default during IAP in January 1998,
and hope to have the corresponding Linux and SGI releases installed by that
time.
(NOTES: many of the demos won't run in Netscape on Athena as it is currently
configured- you will need to run them with the appletviewer instead;
performance is slow on Sparc 4s and 5s, particularly for the JFC (Swing)
examples).
Please report installation problems or questions to 3partysw@mit.edu
Alex
