History
The first generation of NSPR originally aimed just to satisfy the requirements of porting Java to various host environments. NSPR20, an effort started in 1996, built on that original idea, though very little remains of the original code. (The "20" in "NSPR20" does not mean "version 2.0" but rather "second generation".) Many of the concepts show reform, expansion, and maturation. As of 2009 NSPR may still function appropriately as the platform-dependent layer under Java, but it primarily serves in supporting clients written entirely in C or in C++.
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