portability, java and Apple

Jason Rogers jacaetevha at gmail.com
Thu Jan 26 20:47:40 UTC 2006


On 1/26/06, Philippe Marschall <philippe.marschall at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/1/26, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>:
> > Spotted a note on wired.com about the powerPC-intel transition;
> > "Java-based applications compiled for PowerPC chips are broken, such
> > as file-sharing client LimeWire; and so are any appli..."
> > Um, pardon me but wasn't java supposed to be portable? Yes, I
> > understand that this is at least partly to do with the JNI nonsense
> > but really - does no one ever learn?
>
> So they need to be recompiled like squeak plugins?

touché

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Jason Rogers

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