From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2006-08-07T17:41:18+09:00
Subject: Re: For performance, fix the Java program

Thomas E Enebo wrote:
> My only question on this thread about Java is what Java is being used
> for the test (used on the webpage -- a good addition to the page)?  I ran 
> Java 1.4, Java 5 and Java 6 (beta but what the hell).  The speedup was 
> surprising and exciting (obviously I do Java programming).  I went from
> 1.1s to 0.84s between the versions.
>
> -Tom
>
>   
[peterhickman]$ javac -version
javac 1.5.0_06

I think that's the current best version for the Mac. It does tend to lag 
behind the rest of the world when it comes to releases.

I will stick a language versions page up tonight.