Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Knute Johnson Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: 25 years ago, today Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 15:42:23 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 21:42:23 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f6215c9e053e0db0f75f62e29ec5b542"; logging-data="1995883"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+4lCt8v+QnFLB+JfJhnQyM" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ORGOHVwN8g/6+AOJdbCJDkJWQPA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:45299 Years ago I bought a Java book with a 1.02? disk in the back. That was in the early 90s sometime. Bought it in a bookstore in New Jersey on Route 4 someplace. It was a long time ago. On 12/8/23 03:25, Daniele Futtorovic wrote: > On 07/12/2023 15:06, Stefan Ram wrote: >>    25 Years ago [1998-12-08], today [2023-12-08]: >> >> J2SE 1.2 was released. >> >>    It had a JIT translator, "reflection" and "Collections". >>    "Swing" became part of the standard, and there was a plug in. >>    Instead of "1.2", now, "2" also was used. >> >> > > I've never known 1.2 -- came along just before 1.4. Which was Java 2, > but also 1.4. :-) > > What an incredible ride! > -- Knute Johnson