Quick question about optimizing JVM bytecode. Suppose I have the
following Java code:
public static void main(String[] args) {
 int a[] = new int[42];

1. Why doesn't the Java 6 link to the VM spec include the addendum to
the class file format that has all of the stack trace information? The
only place I can find it is through the actual JSR...
2. When is the SourceDebugExtension attribute actually used?

I have noticed a few times that Java implements synchronized blocks thusly:
aload 4
dup
astore 5

I need to reinstall the JDK but the installer insists the development kit is
still installed, when I agree to re-installing it just stays in an endless
loop of telling me it is already installed and do I want to reinstall. I
have physically deleted all the java directories and ...