[MLUG] Internal SUN memo

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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Got this on another list....  Dunno it's validity.  I'm depressed because I really like Java.
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A while ago, an internal memo by some SUN engineers got
leaked, which describes the most serious problems of
the Java environment:

"This document details the difficulties that keep our
Solaris Java implementation from being practical for
the development of common software applications. It
represents a consensus of several senior engineers
within Sun Microsystems. We believe that our Java
implementation is inappropriate for a large number of
categories of software application."

"Our experience in filing bugs against Java has been to
see them rapidly closed as "will not fix". 22% of
accepted non-duplicate bugs against base Java are
closed in this way as opposed to 7% for C++. Key
examples include:"

4246106 Large virtual memory consumption of JVM
4374713 Anonymous inner classes have incompatible serialization
4380663 Multiple bottlenecks in the JVM
4407856 RMI secure transport provider doesn't timeout SSL sessions
4460368 For jdk1.4, JTable.setCellSelectionEnabled() does not work
4460382 For Jdk1.4, the table editors for JTable do not work.
4433962 JDK1.3 HotSpot JVM crashes Sun Management Center Console
4463644 Calculation of JTable's height is different for jdk1.2 and jdk1.4
4475676 [under jdk1.3.1, new JFrame launch causes jumping]

The whole memo is here:
http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1321


Christian Marcus Cepel            | And the wrens have returned &
EMAIL:PROTECTED  icq:12384980 | are nesting; In the hollow of
371 Crown Point, Columbia, MO     | that oak where his heart once
65203-2202           573.443.8676 | had been; And he lifts up his
Computer Support Specialist, Sr.  | arms in a blessing; For being
University of Missouri - Columbia | born again. --Rich Mullins


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