[antlr-interest] can ANTLR tool itself use 1.5?

Martin Probst mail at martin-probst.com
Wed Apr 4 00:49:12 PDT 2007


> Do I need to keep 1.4 compatible or is it ok to go to 1.5 nowadays  
> do you think?

Java 1.4 must die :-)

Seriously, we have been targeting 1.4 from 1.5 sources using  
'Retroweaver' for some time, and while it was not always completely  
painless, it worked. Since like half a year we have stopped doing  
that as no one seemed to need that backwards compatibility anymore.

Regards,
Martin




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