help: want to run j2sdk1.4.1 on an old PC
hi..
i want to run j2sdk1.4.1 on my pc, which has a Intel Pentium 150Mhz and obviously it takes hell lot of time to compile a program.
i just use java to write VERY basic beginner level codes....never going to write AWT, mobile, database, network, security or server related code
now can i delete some files from my "j2sdk1.4.1" folder (which i dont need).. so that it wil compile faster ?
just help to trim-down j2sdk1.4.1
thanx
[466 byte] By [
Just_Jagsa] at [2007-11-26 17:40:38]
Think about it this way: If you lopped off the /system32 folder for Windows, would it cause it to run faster?Even if you think you're never going to use the included classes, I don't think it's wise to delete them.null
No. If you know you are only going to write very basic Java code and do not need networking, GUI, etc stuff, why not just download and run and old old version ... like 1.1.8 or something - if it's still avail?
> > now can i delete some files from my "j2sdk1.4.1"
> > folder (which i dont need).. so that it wil
> compile
> > faster ?
>
> I don't get where the "so that it will compile
> faster" idea comes from. You don't get a faster CPU
> rate by removing things from your hard drive.
If the performance problems of an application are caused mainly by the loading of unneeded files, you can gain performance by removing those files.
Of course if you remove too much the application now won't work at all.
Of course the Java compiler works rather differently, only loading those files it actually needs and then only at the point where they're needed, so such an exercise would be futile.
Going with an older version - as I mentioned earlier - will definitely save disk space, but it may actually slow down the app - in fact it probably will, because Java continues to be optimized with each successive version. What will speed up the app the most is most likely going to be to use the latest version you can run on your PC's op/sys and hardware config, and that will fit on your HD, and then just scale back your app.
~Bill
