| Why 64bit Eclipse version [message #186023] |
Mon, 26 February 2007 13:32  |
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Originally posted by: fwein.lse.eei.uni-erlangen.de
Hi,
I hope, I'm not too off-topic:
Why is there a eclipse download for a 64bit jre?
Is the codebase different?
Is an optimized compiler-switch used?
This messes up with my compile once, run anywhere picture and I'm just
curious.
Thanks,
Fabian
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| Re: Why 64bit Eclipse version [message #186079 is a reply to message #186023] |
Mon, 26 February 2007 17:32  |
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Originally posted by: dschaefer.qnx.com
Fabian Wein wrote:
> Hi,
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> I hope, I'm not too off-topic:
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> Why is there a eclipse download for a 64bit jre?
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> Is the codebase different?
> Is an optimized compiler-switch used?
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> This messes up with my compile once, run anywhere picture and I'm just
> curious.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fabian
Interesting question. The reason for the different downloads is that
Eclipse has a number of native libraries, starting with SWT. The CDT has
a native library for process management and Windows registry access as well.
Now Eclipse is 99% Java so we do get a lot of the benefits of compile
once, run anywhere, but that 1% is probably what makes Eclipse such a
high quality environment. I lived through the pain of IDEs written in
Swing. Eclipse performs like most desktop apps because SWT is mainly C code.
Just my opinion, though.
Doug
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| Re: Why 64bit Eclipse version [message #186143 is a reply to message #186079] |
Tue, 27 February 2007 08:57 |
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Originally posted by: fwein.lse.eei.uni-erlangen.de
>> Why is there a eclipse download for a 64bit jre?
> Now Eclipse is 99% Java so we do get a lot of the benefits of compile
> once, run anywhere, but that 1% is probably what makes Eclipse such a
> high quality environment. I lived through the pain of IDEs written in
> Swing. Eclipse performs like most desktop apps because SWT is mainly C
> code.
Thanks for the answer! I guess this is also the reason for the versions
of Together. I found writing webapps in JSP much more convenient than in
Swing - but writing AWT applets in the old times when the IE had an old
JRE was really a pain in the back.
Regards,
Fabian
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