Why is java -version implemented in Java?

[Mario Torre]

 Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 2:02 PM Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > One thought I have, and I don't know if that is good or bad, is that the
> > new, GNU-style long-option java --version that was introduced not too
> > long ago is not as likely to have this legacy of expecting VM startup.
> > It might be possible to redefine it to just print the version to stdout
> > and just exit. But that also means that java -version and java --version
> > behaves differently, and I don't know if that really is a good idea.
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> I like the idea of repurposing --version. It could be short-wired to
> -Xinternalversion. "--version" certainly is snappier and easier to remember
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I think think it's a good idea to have --version and -version behave
differently, it would be too easy to make a typo.

Cheers,
Mario


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