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IBM i (AS400) updates on new Java releases / Java 7

Since Java 7 is comming I was wondering how much time it would take to have the IBM JVM running Java 7 on IBM i systems? (AS400)

I was searching IBM's site to find some roadmap but didn't find anything yet. Do you have past experience on the older java release?

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It seems like the iSeries JVMs typically lag behind Sun's by 12 - 24 months.

Software Monkey  2010-06-15 17:59:01
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Jörg W Mittag  2010-06-15 19:39:41
The part about IBM not starting is not correct. See: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-java7.html(I am not speaking in any official capacity here.)
Trent Gray-Donald  2010-06-16 01:48:15
Java Community Process See: http://www.jcp.org/en/home/index
lemotdit  2010-06-16 13:04:11
Trent, noticed you apparently are officially involved. Could you hint if work have started on the AS/400 port (which is what the OP asks for)?
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen  2010-08-16 09:22:49
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The process has been sped up due to the transition to the AIX J9 JVM instead of using the Classic JVM which compiled to MI-code. This requires less work, and hence can be done faster.

For now, just be extremely happy that you even have Java 6. We develop for V5R3 where the latest version is Java 5.

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen  2010-07-16 13:08:24

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