RE: Eclipse

Joe said:

>> Are you agreeing with me that Eclipse is a development 
>> tool, or are you explaining to me that Eclipse is a 
>> required run-time environment, needed by a (certain 
>> type of) Java thick client?
>
>The SWT components, which are shipped as part of Eclipse, 
>are required to run SWT applications.  You do not need the 
>whole Eclipse platform, just the SWT components.  But there's 
>a one-to-one correspondence - everywhere SWT is, Eclipse is.  
>So, you can say that SWT applications will run everywhere
>Eclipse does.
>
>Does that make it clearer?

Yes.  The ONLY occasion Eclipse is needed at run-time is when running SWT
apps.  The rest of the time, Eclipse can be thought of as super-SEU +
debugging tools.

Regarding thick client: We're speaking past each other.  I believe you are
thinking of an interactive application and I am thinking of a batch
application.  There is no need for any UI at all for a batch application.
  --buck