Hi experts,
I have a question:
Theorem
The Gosling Property "...that types of local variables may depend

I am using the following configuration:
Sun Java SDK 1.4.2, Standard Edition
Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)
Eclipse 2.1.2

Thanks to all who replied.
Indeed I simply made a mistake when measuring the memory usage under
Linux. In fact all these IDEs have about the same memory consumption
under Linux as under Windows. JBuilder was slower under Linux, because

Three IDEs I have investigated use much more memory under Linux to the
point that they are clearly more sluggish to use under Linux. They all
run with a 1.4 JVM.
My numbers for the memory consumption are not very precise because

I have an application that is leaking handles when running under the
Sun 1.4.x JVMs on Windows XP Pro.  Running under 1.3.1 the same code
does not leak.  Under further investigation it appears that the
handles are Windows Event handles.  This can be seen in the Windows

I discovered that on IBM's JDK 1.3 or 1.4 for Linux, it is impossible
to instanciate an array of more than 256Mbyte, regardless of the heap
max size specified by the -Xmx option.
SUN's JDK 1.3 or 1.4 for Linux does not have such a limit.

Help! Install Sun One Studio 4, Micro Edition on Windows ME
PLease help:
When I install Sun One Studio 4, Micro Edition on Windows ME, it's shown
that searching for suitable SDK, and a DOS window open and close, and the

I have written a java applets programs.
When you open a web page, the applet will be downloaded automatically.
But IE 6.0 does not have the built-in jvm.
So if I want to run this applet, I should install jvm.