Questions tagged [jre]
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Why did the Sun engineers decided to make Java only call by value?
Is there any specific reason they decided to go with Call by value? Is it for simplicity?

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Java platform vs Source/Binary format settings in Netbeans
I've just wanted to get to know what these particular settings really do:
Project Properties -> Libraries -> Java Platform
Project Properties -> Sources -> Source/Binary Format
After a little bit of googling I know, that:
[1] By choosing a Java…

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Is it generally a good idea to work with JDK 6 instead of JDK 7?
As far as I know, there aren't a lot of differences between JDK 6 and JDK 7. At least, I haven't yet come across a difference (I coded with JDK 7 and with JDK 6).
A lot of computers run JRE 6 or JRE 7. Compiling my program using JDK 7 will narrow…

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