Java 5.0: September 30!
From a post at the Javalobby:
Graham Hamilton: The current target release date for J2SE 5.0 (Tiger) is September 30th.
That is the target: as I am sure people understand, we are watching quality and customer feedback closely and will adjust if needed. But right now things are looking good for hitting that date.
Re: Java 5.0: September 30!
One question.. how will Java 5 benefit the end user?
Will it do the same job with less memory? Run faster than before? Take less time to start up a given program? New user oriented Swing goodies?
All I have heard so far have been programmer candy -- i.e. tools to make programming easier or more powerful. Static imports! Generics! Better environment variable support! Skinnable L&F! JNLP cache viewer!
How about bloat. For JRE 1.4.2_04 the file rt.jar is 21.6MB. For JRE 1.3.1_12 the file rt.jar is nearly half that size at 11.9MB. What is the size for JRE 1.5.0 going to be? Is it going to double again?
Re: Java 5.0: September 30!
Start up time has definitely improved.
User visible improvements include the new combined Java Plug-In/Java Web Start console, and the new applet loading splash screen.
