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+        <a name="Java 1.4 Support"><strong>Java 1.4 Support</strong></a>
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+      <blockquote>
+                        <h3>Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support</h3>
+                                <p>
+      Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Ant source supports 
+      the new <tt>assert</tt> statement in the compiler task via the <tt>source</tt> 
+      attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks
+      on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4,
+      please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree. 
+    </p>
+                    </blockquote>
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