Are the early versions of the Java Language Specification and VM specification available online?

Question

Oracle has the latest versions of the java specs at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/ but I was unable to find the older versions. Are these archived anywhere?

Answer 1

If you are still interested - I just had the same problem and found the old specs using the waybackmachine , for instance, the JLS 1st edition is here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041208124545/http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/first_edition/html/index.html

Downloading the PDF versions failed, but I can display the online HTML versions.

Answer 2

Yes, take a look in the Oracle Java Archive. You should be able to find everything you need there.