Java Development Kit 1.2; www.javasoft.com/jdk/1.2/.
Multi-language support is a focus of the upcoming
Java Development Kit 7.
The
Java Development Kit (JDK) represents the set of basic tools for Java platform application development so that it has to be installed for all Java applications development, including JSE and JME.
Apple's senior VP of software engineering Avie Tevanian, who shot from obscurity to fame when he testified at the Microsoft Corp antitrust trial in Washington last year, said that customers "would immediately notice" the performance boost in MacOS Runtime for Java 2.1, which is based on the
Java Development Kit 1.16 from Sun Microsystems Inc, and is available for free download from Apple's web site.
Unlike rival javac, which Sun ships with its
Java Development Kit (JDK), Jikes adheres very strictly to the Java language specification.
- It should come as no surprise after the "pissing on JDK" testimony on Wednesday, but Microsoft Corp believes it will still have a faster Java virtual machine than Sun Microsystems Inc even after Sun releases JDK 1.2
Java Development Kit next Monday.
Sun Microsystems Inc has produced the
Java Development Kit 1.2 software beta release for the Solaris 7 operating environment.