Running JRE 7, for code compiled with JDK 6

[Mahesh Trikannad]

We are planning to upgrade from JRE 6 to JRE 7. Will running the existing code, compiled with JDK 6.0, be less performant than compiling with JDK 7.0. Any links on the topic will be helpful.

Thanks

[Tim Cooke]

Mahesh Trikannad wrote:less performant

Depends on what you really mean by this?

But if you're asking whether code compiled with JDK6 will run ok on JRE7 then the answer is yes, it will run just fine.

[Mahesh Trikannad]

Thanks for the reply Tim. Question, is would you get better performance, if the code was compiled with JDK 7 while running JRE 7 , as opposed to compiled with JDK 6 and running JRE 7.

[Tim Cooke]

That's very dependent on what your code is but I wouldn't expect any significant difference worth worrying about.