Re: [SLUG] Java

From: Frank Roberts - SOTL (sotl155360@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Aug 29 2002 - 16:43:51 EDT


Thanks It makes sense when there are name to it.

Something Sun either forgot to put there or I overlooked.

Thanks

Frank

On Thursday 29 August 2002 11:29, Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 11:10, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > By accident I just found that one may download Java from Sun free at:
> >
> > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html
> >
> > Only problem is I have no idea what the differences is in JRE and SDK.
> >
> > Any enlightenment as to which would be the correct script to download
> > would be appreciated.
>
> The SDK (often called "JDK") includes JRE.
>
> The Java Software Development Kit is just that - a development kit. It's
> meant for people developing java programs. It includes the java
> compiler, demos, and other programming bits.
>
> The Java Runtime Environment is the virtual machine, libraries, and base
> classes needed to run compiled Java class/jar/etc files.
>
> If you just want to run Java applications, you don't need the full JDK,
> just the JRE.
>
> - Ian C. Blenke



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