Re: Java on mission-critical systems

2002-02-18 Thread Paul Reavis
most languages, and, very important for me, it adds an insulation and abstraction layer over the OS that prevents me from being caught (usually) by Windows bugs, since most of our clients run Windows. So tell them to stuff it; I've been writing full-time in Java for six years now and it's

Re: Java on mission-critical systems

2002-02-18 Thread Paul Reavis
, and, very important for me, it adds an insulation and abstraction layer over the OS that prevents me from being caught (usually) by Windows bugs, since most of our clients run Windows. So tell them to stuff it; I've been writing full-time in Java for six years now and it's

Re: java library installation issues

2001-04-09 Thread Paul Reavis
le swapping out jvms or setting global jvm switches or substituting jars or what-have-you. And the right config file format could probably be used to generate both the launcher scripts and package dependencies. -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com

Re: java library installation issues

2001-04-09 Thread Paul Reavis
m to handle swapping out jvms or setting global jvm switches or substituting jars or what-have-you. And the right config file format could probably be used to generate both the launcher scripts and package dependencies. -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design

Re: java library installation issues

2001-04-03 Thread Paul Reavis
n? How do you prevent two conflicting implementations from being in the classpath at the same time? What about order? I've never liked the "global classpath" approach; it always caused problems with our deployment. -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: java library installation issues

2001-04-03 Thread Paul Reavis
es it, there could be dozens or hundreds of jar files. That creates needless overhead for the JVM's classloader, which would have to dig through the mess for your classes. The classloader certainly doesn't need to be any _slower_. 2) what good are versions then? How do you preven

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-01 Thread Paul Reavis
on my Win2k laptop. > > > > Bao > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-01 Thread Paul Reavis
on my Win2k laptop. > > > > Bao > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A suggestion to list core classes

2000-08-29 Thread Paul Reavis
ice? Perhaps (to be even more flexible) if directories are listed, include all jars in directory as well? -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com

Re: A suggestion to list core classes

2000-08-29 Thread Paul Reavis
ps (to be even more flexible) if directories are listed, include all jars in directory as well? -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java viable for cross-platform GUI applications ?

2000-07-20 Thread Paul Reavis
and writing appropriate batch scripts to do the classpath etc. I would not want to deploy a Java app with no knowledge of the destination JRE or its version; I would certainly provide a known good JRE as an installation option. Also, installation under windows and linux are very different t

Re: Java viable for cross-platform GUI applications ?

2000-07-20 Thread Paul Reavis
and writing appropriate batch scripts to do the classpath etc. I would not want to deploy a Java app with no knowledge of the destination JRE or its version; I would certainly provide a known good JRE as an installation option. Also, installation under windows and linux are very different t

Re: Java Policy Question

1999-09-10 Thread Paul Reavis
possibility might be an installer .deb that works for jdk distributions with a certain organization - they are pretty consistent, so shouldn't be much of a problem. -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com

Re: JIKES and Xemacs

1999-08-19 Thread Paul Reavis
Jim Franklin wrote: > > Hi folks > I was wondering if anyone knew how to parse debugger messages when > using JIKES in Xemacs? Use the +E switch. -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.