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Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6

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On 10-07-2012 20:56, Lew wrote:
> 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.
> 


Forward compatible does not exist,
Because one can never know what next version does.
or how it behaves....

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Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Sanny <softtanks22@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-10 10:07 -0700
  Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 11:26 -0700
    Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-07-10 20:32 +0200
      Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 11:56 -0700
        Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-07-10 21:05 +0200
          Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 12:56 -0700
          Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-11 15:19 -0700
            Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-11 15:50 -0700
              Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-11 16:41 -0700
                Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-11 17:03 -0700
            Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-12 00:51 +0200
        Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-11 23:13 -0400
    Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Sanny <softtanks22@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-11 00:27 -0700
      Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-07-11 13:12 +0200
      Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-11 14:02 -0700
        Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2012-07-12 00:06 +0200
          OT Google Groups formatting.  Was Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-11 15:16 -0700
            Re: OT Google Groups formatting.  Was Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2012-07-12 11:00 +0200
              Re: OT Google Groups formatting.  Was Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-12 10:36 -0700
        Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-12 00:54 +0200
          Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-11 16:25 -0700
  Re: Updating code from jdk1.2 to recent jdk SE 1.6 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-11 15:15 -0700

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