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Is it ok to hate Oracle java?
So once up a time I wrote a small application in Java. It worked. 5 years Solid.
So, I revisit it with a new computer new fancy Java Oracle. It wont compile. Have they heard of backwards compatibility? So yes, I just down download the old Sun compiler it works fine.
This is for an app that has run rock solid for 5 years... Just making a few tweaks.
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- modulo_functionLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
It's unlikely that the problem is with changes to the Java language. It's more likely due to a difference in the processors for the different computers. I'll bet that if you had just recompiled using the same compiler on the new machine that it would have worked just fine.
- Anonymous9 years ago
It's a bit much to expect that a piece of software written 5 years ago will run in a modern environment without any snags. As the old saying for Java goes, "write once, debug everywhere". ;)
