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Chris Adamson  
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 More options Apr 30 2008, 5:07 am
From: Chris Adamson <invalidn...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Apr 30 2008 5:07 am
Subject: Re: Production version of Java 6 on Mac OS X has been released
I think you have that backwards.  Apple's JVM has been Cocoa-based for
a while now (since 1.4).  SWT is Carbon-based.  And even that wasn't a
deal-breaker before.  The real problem seems to be that:
    * The new JVM is 64-bit Intel-only
    * You can't mix 64-bit and 32-bit code in an OSX process
    * Carbon is 32-bit only and apparently will remain that way
    * SWT is Carbon-based

For what it's worth, QuickTime for Java won't work on the Mac's Java 6
for exactly the same reason.  Carbon is de facto (but not de jure)
deprecated, and therefore any Java libraries that use Carbon are in
big trouble.

--Chris

On Apr 29, 8:54 pm, zorro2b <andrew.za...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We still can't run Eclipse or any Eclipse RCP apps on it though, as it
> uses Carbon not Cocoa:http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t97750.html

> I presume this is why they haven't made it the default JVM.

> On Apr 30, 9:13 am, "Mark Derricutt" <m...@talios.com> wrote:

> > I vote this be the Java Posse's "java app of the week", or is that "jvm of
> > the week".

> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Ricardo <richard.k....@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > From the Apple site:

> > >http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/javaformacosx105update1.html

> > --
> > "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." --
> > Bill Harlan


 
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