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?
Solution
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:
Downloading the PDF versions failed, but I can display the online HTML versions.
OTHER TIPS
Yes, take a look in the Oracle Java Archive. You should be able to find everything you need there.
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