Windows 10

[NickFitz]

String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
if (os.startsWith("Windows 9") || os.equals("Windows Me")) {
    throw new RuntimeException("This provider is not supported on this version of Windows");
}

https://searchcode.com/?q=version.st...22Windows+9%22

[vwdan]

And this, folks, is why us infrastructure engineers blame programmers for everything.

(And also laugh at threads on here where they struggle with basic OS tasks)

[NickFitz]

And this, folks, is why us infrastructure engineers blame programmers for everything.

(And also laugh at threads on here where they struggle with basic OS tasks)

Hey, he optimised away one string comparison and a Boolean OR! I think we can all agree that

if (os.equals("Windows 95") || os.equals("Windows 98") || os.equals("Windows Me"))

would have been an egregious waste of system resources

[VectraMan]

It's a bit of a moot point as no version of Windows comes with Java and nobody ever installs it.

[vwdan]

It's a bit of a moot point as no version of Windows comes with Java and nobody ever installs it.

...is....is that a joke?

The example happens to be in Java, but I think it's somewhat clear that there will be a myriad of other examples in a multitude of languages and implementations.

Plus, Java, sadly, is ******* everywhere.

[minestrone]

I had a very short term contract last year in a place where the development manager of all people could not get the core product working on his desktop.

When I suggested it was his windows 7 machine he laughed at me, 30 minutes later I found a block of code that discriminated between NT and XP, if it was neither it failed to start up.

It is tulip like that that keeps us in jobs.

[d000hg]

It's a bit of a moot point as no version of Windows comes with Java and nobody ever installs it.

Speak for yourself!

[VectraMan]

Speak for yourself!

Let me correct. It's a bit of a moot point as no version of Windows comes with Java and only d000hg installs it.

[d000hg]

I'm glad we got that sorted out.