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Miscellaneous I<br />
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Miscellaneous I<br />
Q: What is the difference between <strong>Java</strong> and Microsoft Visual J++? Is there any<br />
specific difference? Please explain me I am novice to this field<br />
Part1<br />
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Answer: VJ++ was designed as a "spoiler" product -- Microsoft created some<br />
deliberate subtle incompatibilities so that when people wrote VJ++ code it would only<br />
run on Windows. This is not my opinion. This came out in evidence in Microsofts trial<br />
for anti-competitive behavior.<br />
In email they said things like they were going to "pollute" <strong>Java</strong>, and "piss on" the<br />
Swing libraries.<br />
Some of the incompatibilities were in removing some standard fields from the system<br />
libraries. Others were adding some fields. They also added some differences to the<br />
language itself, in the way event<br />
handlers were registered.<br />
When Sun found out about Microsoft's attempt at sabotage, they cut-off all code<br />
deliveries to Microsoft, and sued Microsoft. That lawsuit just ended with the payment<br />
of $20M by Microsoft to Sun.<br />
So Microsoft VJ++ is several releases out of date, and does not have many of the<br />
most important libraries, such as RMI and beans.<br />
Bottom line: even though it has a nice GUI IDE, if you want to program in <strong>Java</strong>, you<br />
are better off avoiding VJ++, and using any of the free IDEs mentioned in the <strong>Java</strong><br />
FAQ.<br />
by Peter van der Linden http://www.afu.com<br />
P.S by John: please read second part of this tip tomorrow and you will see you can<br />
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