Last Stop

Today Apple finally added support for Java SE 6. This has been a long time coming and lots of people were clamoring that Apple abandoned Java. While it’s true that Jobs said Java was a “ball and chain,” the context was very much that of the iPhone. And Java, despite ubiquity in the phone market, really hasn’t done much.

There are some caveats to this update though. It’s only compatible with Leopard (Mac OS X.5) and it’s only compatible with 64Bit Intel processors.

But if you’re a Java developer on Mac OS X who’s been getting long in the tooth waiting for this, get going.

The eagle has landed.

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