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Re: Java claims WORA

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In article <js29dm$1fo$1@news.belwue.de>,
 Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> wrote:

> 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.

I'll second the need for testing, but I've found that using layouts 
properly and respecting a component's preferred size greatly reduces 
the number of cross-platform problems. There's a recent example here:

<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.java.programmer/BbU4GjYuD6E/H-QLV3BRmmsJ>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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Java claims WORA owais <awais4you@gmail.com> - 2012-06-20 08:33 -0700
  Re: Java claims WORA Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-20 09:21 -0700
  Re: Java claims WORA Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-20 09:46 -0700
  Re: Java claims WORA Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-20 10:47 -0700
    Re: Java claims WORA "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-24 16:56 -0700
  Re: Java claims WORA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-20 17:02 -0400
    Re: Java claims WORA glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-06-20 21:45 +0000
      Re: Java claims WORA Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-06-20 22:25 +0000
        Re: Java claims WORA Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-21 00:57 +0200
          Re: Java claims WORA Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-20 16:46 -0700
            Re: Java claims WORA David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-06-20 19:56 -0400
      Re: Java claims WORA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-20 19:16 -0400
        Re: Java claims WORA "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-24 16:58 -0700
  Re: Java claims WORA Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-20 16:43 -0700
    Re: Java claims WORA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-20 20:30 -0400
    Re: Java claims WORA Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-20 18:37 -0700
      Re: Java claims WORA Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-20 21:47 -0400
  Re: Java claims WORA Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-06-22 19:18 +0200
    Re: Java claims WORA "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-22 15:59 -0400
      Re: Java claims WORA Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-24 04:43 -0700
        Re: Java claims WORA "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-24 18:51 -0400
          Re: Java claims WORA Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-24 23:27 -0700
            Re: Java claims WORA "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-26 15:43 -0400
    Re: Java claims WORA Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-22 18:23 -0600
  Re: Java claims WORA Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-06-22 21:40 +0200
    Re: Java claims WORA David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-06-25 09:57 -0400
      Re: Java claims WORA Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-06-25 20:34 +0200
        Re: Java claims WORA Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-06-25 20:44 +0200

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