Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:03:11 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: <73841a99-e9ae-4267-8b83-a881a8e63202@googlegroups.com> References: <725fbc58-fab7-4e70-9f1a-b2e393fdeca9@googlegroups.com> <539uc9-7jg.ln1@luuk.invalid.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1342051496 19775 127.0.0.1 (12 Jul 2012 00:04:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:04:56 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:15965 Gene Wirchenko wrote: > Lew wrote: >> The terms have definitions. "Backward compatible" means that the new product >> or framework will work with artifacts generated or created for an earlier version. >> "Forward compatible" means that an artifact from an earlier version works in >> a later version of the product or framework. > > I believe you have miswritten the latter. As you have written > them, they would mean about the same. > > Wikipedia has a nice explanation under "Backward compatibility". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility Thanks. I stand corrected. -- Lew