[news.eclipse.tools] Exception launching the Eclipse Platform

[markus.neifer.nil@xxxxxxx (Markus Neifer)]

Hi,
while trying to start Eclipse (2.0.2, Windows NT 4.0, J2SDK 1.4.0) today,
the splash screen came up but that's all. Eclipse does not launch anymore.
I appreciate any comments on the stack trace below. Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Markus

[.log]
!SESSION
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!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Apr 01, 2003 12:13:25.03
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.VerifyError: (class:
org/eclipse/core/internal/plugins/PluginParser, method: initializeParser
signature: ()V) Incompatible object argument for function call
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFile(RegistryLoader.java:89)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathFile(RegistryLoader.java:136)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathEntry(RegistryLoader.java:127)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFiles(RegistryLoader.java:104)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:63)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:71)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.parsePlugins(InternalPlatform.java:742)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loadRegistry(InternalPlatform.java:686)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loaderStartup(InternalPlatform.java:562)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.startup(InternalBootLoader.java:965)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run(InternalBootLoader.java:824)
	at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(BootLoader.java:462)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:247)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:703)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:539)

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