Robin Green writes: > On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:42:33 -0700, John M. Gabriele wrote: > > Why would I install Java from jpackage.org when it already comes with > > FC4 and works right OOTB? > > Because gcj (the GNU compiler for Java), which is the only implementation > of Java that comes with FC4, is not yet fully implemented. Most > importantly, it does not fully implement either AWT or Swing - the > graphical user interface systems which most graphical Java applications > use. It's not just that. Just as significant is that fact that a lot of applications depend on the internal details of a particular implementation. In theory applications written in the Java language are portable, but in practice it often doesn't work out that way. Oh, and gcj has a different set of bugs from other implementations. I'd better mention that too... Andrew.
