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I have a theory <grin>.

The trend in software development is getting away from regression
testing and backwards compatibility.  The current feeling is "if it
passes my JUnit test, then it must be good".  This basic tenet of the
new programming model is the one that frightens me the most: because
your JUnit test may not take into account what people are doing in the
field, passing the JUnit test does NOT ensure backwards compatibility.
And since another tenet of this programming philosophy is to program via
refactoring rather than design (that is, just get it to work and rewrite
it later), breaking backwards compatibility is becoming more the rule
rather than the exception.

Combine this with the fact that for the last couple of years just about
every "standard" for Java has been more of a suggestion than a standard,
meaning that every programmer can reinterpret the meaning and "refactor"
the code, and it's clear that we're in for more of this rather than
less.

Joe


> From: Nathan M. Andelin
> 
> > He suggested that I go back even further with my JVM
> > than 1.4.1_04 ... which I can't do because of other
> > applications.
> 
> I haven't kept up with JVM issues, but why wouldn't newer JVM versions
> support fairly recently deployed applets?


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