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Re: Java ME or SE?

From	Morten Reistad <first@last.name>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer, comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject	Re: Java ME or SE?
Date	2014-11-11 07:00 +0100
Organization	Me, Myself and I
Message-ID	<98l8jb-7o.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> (permalink)
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In article <54614184$0$2838$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>,
Kees Theunissen  <theuniss@rijnh.nl> wrote:
>Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> A modern C compiler can compile any C program that was written in
>> the past, including those using the original K&R syntax.
>>
>> Same goes for Java compilers.
>>
>> IIRC the same applies to Fortran compilers.
>
>The biggest problem with ancient C or Fortran code is probably not the
>compiling step but linking against recent -not backwards compatible-
>libraries. A lot of old code will not build on modern systems without
>modification.

You can usually fix that with some switches. All the c code I wrote
in the 1980s compile, link and rund Just Fine on modern Linux, BSD and
even QNX/Posix systems. 

Even the Fortran code I entered for the 1130 on punched cards in
the 1970s will run with some slight preambles in the code.

-- mrr

Thread

Java ME or SE? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-11-09 00:58 +1100
  Re: Java ME or SE? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-11-08 09:27 -0800
  Re: Java ME or SE? Doug McIntyre <merlyn@dork.geeks.org> - 2014-11-08 16:17 -0600
    Re: Java ME or SE? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-11-08 17:38 -0500
      Re: Java ME or SE? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-11-09 15:51 +1100
  Re: Java ME or SE? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-11-08 17:42 -0500
  Re: Java ME or SE? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-11-08 18:11 -0800
    Re: Java ME or SE? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-11-09 11:51 +0000
    Re: Java ME or SE? Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-11-09 12:36 +0000
      Re: Java ME or SE? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-09 13:28 +0000
        Re: Java ME or SE? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-11-10 10:00 +0000
    Re: Java ME or SE? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-11-11 01:41 +1100
      Re: Java ME or SE? cl@isbd.net - 2014-11-10 16:48 +0000
        [OT] Re: Java ME or SE? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-10 13:57 -0500
      Re: Java ME or SE? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-11-10 21:15 +0000
        Re: Java ME or SE? Kees Theunissen <theuniss@rijnh.nl> - 2014-11-10 23:51 +0100
          Re: Java ME or SE? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-11-11 00:37 +0000
            Re: Java ME or SE? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-10 20:11 -0500
              Re: Java ME or SE? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-10 20:45 -0500
          Re: Java ME or SE? Morten Reistad <first@last.name> - 2014-11-11 07:00 +0100
            Re: Java ME or SE? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-11 09:46 +0000

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