Francois Dispot wrote:
> 
> Spider wrote:
> >
> > Rudy Velthuis wrote:
> > >
> > > Johannes Hubert schrieb in Nachricht <36ade355.0@news.povray.org>...
> > > >Whoa! That is understatement if I ever heard one! To call a bug that
> > > >prevents 99% of all users to run the program a "minor" one! :-o
> > > >
> > > >Johannes.
> > >
> > > Whoa! you're right. But I think he means the bug was just something like a
> > > typo or a wrong declaration and not something fundamentally wrong. Still,
> > > even a typo or forgetting to free a memory object can be very dangerous too
> > > (and sometimes much harder to find, btw).
> >
> > Since it is JAVA, memory is not that much of an issue...
> > But I agree wtih the typo/wrong def. thing...
> > What more is it, a simple erronious compile could be disasterous.... Ie. If it was
> > compiled for JDK1.2, instead of 1.1.x .... That would mean taht several users
can't access
> > it, but it will work on the computer it was created on...
> >
> > //Spider
> 
> Wow! Thanks everybody for all this enthousiastic feedback! And the
> understatement was not really an accident ;-)
*smile* 
> Spider got it: Sun does not provide a way to ensure the version
> compatibility of your code. Precisely you can ensure your code is 1.1.x
> or 1.2 compatible, but not 1.0... and most browsers are 1.0 compatible
> and not more unless... you have the Java plug-in, like me, and here
> comes the "bug" :-( This project was started more than 1 year ago, and
> since then Sun hasn't stopped to do whatever they could to prevent Java
> from expanding correctly: version changes every 2 months, compatibility
> changes with every minor release... I hope they won't be surprised it
> their attempt fails.

Yeeee, I was right !!! **paarty**

> So Johannes, since the source is free you can checked that I only
> commented ONE line to make it 100% compatible (I hope) instead of 1%.
> And note that m$ ie4 claims that it is 1.1 compatible, which is false
> and a reason for an ongoing trial.
hehe, I've had BAD experiences with the java-plug getting installed... Changed the
character set for me... Had to uninstall JDK1.2 :-/
 
> Now this short explaination is over, I think the next release would
> appear by april, with a full real gui and no need to enter coordinates.
Neat, I'll take a look at it (if I find a use for it)

//Spider

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