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From: Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: Java claims WORA
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:18:44 +0200
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Am 20.06.2012 17:33, schrieb owais:
> Java claims WORA (write once and run anywhere). Do you agree with this statement that all java programs can be run anywhere (all platforms)? Can you identify a scenario where this claim may not hold true?

Java is more like WOTA for me - write once, test everywhere. It's quite 
acceptable for simple programs, but as soon as it gets more complex than 
this, there are subtle differences between Java installations on Windows 
and Linux, and from version to version. I've seen cases where Java does 
not size windows correctly on one version, but not on others for reasons 
that are not clear to me, where input focus handling was slightly 
different and inconsistent, where refresh handling and the order of 
requests is slightly different, where window placement may or may not 
work... In theory, Java is very nice for running everywhere, but you 
still need to test and need to tweak a bit to get it working consistently.