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From: ionut cucu <cuciferus@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Java Runtime is "best"?
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:13:02
Message-Id: 20080604151251.3471eacd@cuci
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Java Runtime is "best"? by Florian Philipp
1 On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:37:28 +0200
2 Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> wrote:
3
4 > On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:24:57 -0400
5 > "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
6 >
7 > > I haven't seen an interesting site using Java for a long while. I
8 > > recently stumbled across http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/ and
9 > > decided it would be nice to actually view it. I haven't had Java on
10 > > my machines for a long while. There are a few Java implementations
11 > > available (Sun/Blackdown/IBM/BEA/Kaffe/others?), so my question
12 > > is...
13 > >
14 > > - which one gives the least trouble setting up and running?
15 > >
16 > > Since I'm only going to be using it a few times a month, I'm not
17 > > too worried about benchmarks, unless an implementation is
18 > > excruciatingly slow.
19 > >
20 > > I only need a runtime. I don't know the programming language, so
21 > > there's no need for a full-blown development environment.
22 > >
23 >
24 > Take Sun JRE. In terms of headaches per month, the quasi standard
25 > implementation is unbeatable.
26 Unless you have a 64 arch
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Re: [gentoo-user] Which Java Runtime is "best"? Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>