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It's indeed quite ridiculous that a very tiny part of xcode requires Java, it's fun how Apple can keep such inconsistencies: why would a part of the development
by gregoriol 5y ago
It's indeed quite ridiculous that a very tiny part of xcode requires Java, it's fun how Apple can keep such inconsistencies: why would a part of the development team of xcode use such a different tech compared to the rest of the software
- agsnu 5y agoIt's part of the App Store upload process, and a legacy/holdover from using WebObjects 5 as part of the back-end for the original iTunes Music Store. WO5 was a full Java rewrite of WebObjects (which was originall Objective-C back when it was started at NeXT), because in around 2000 that seemed like a sensible choice given where the mindshare was in their target market (pretty enterprise - it was like $50k for a full deployment license at the time).