Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.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: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: 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 1341946609 30443 127.0.0.1 (10 Jul 2012 18:56:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:56:49 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <539uc9-7jg.ln1@luuk.invalid.lan> 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:15922 On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:32:39 AM UTC-7, Luuk wrote: > On 10-07-2012 20:26, Lew wrote: > > Sanny wrote: > >> Well I had a program/ Applet in Java 1.2 I want to migrate the code to Java 1.6 > > > > It should be forward compatible. > > > > I think the proper way to say this is: > The newer version is backwards compatible Which is more correct - the car is moving faster than the pedestrian, or the pedestrian is moving slower than the car? Since the OP asked about his Applet, the antecedent for "it" was the program, which would be *forward* compatible with Java 6. If we had been talking about Java 6, the proper way to say that would have been *backward* compatible, not backward*s* compatible. To correct someone, you must yourself be correct. -- Lew