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I am not well-verse in Java world and curious about one thing. The valuable part of Oracle JDK is the GC. For example G1 is only going to be available on OpenJ

by didip 8y ago

I am not well-verse in Java world and curious about one thing. The valuable part of Oracle JDK is the GC. For example G1 is only going to be available on OpenJDK 9. What if there's a new GC being developed, will OpenJDK have the new GC?

kevinherron 8y ago
There is a new GC being developed (ZGC), and it's available as part of OpenJDK under GPL license. See this thread from earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17875944 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17875944
pgwhalen 8y ago
Yes. http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/333 http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/333
MBCook 8y ago
My understanding is that Open JDK is where all Java language development takes place now. It’s only some special enterprise features that aren’t part of the language itself that are restricted to the paid version of the Oracle JDK.
- jerven 8y ago
  Were (past tense) there is nothing in Oracle JDK 11 that is not in OpenJDK 11.
  - MBCook 8y ago
    Oh, I thought there might still be some high end EE stuff. Thanks for the clarification.
tveita 8y ago
G1 works fine on OpenJDK 8, you just have to pass the command line parameters to enable it. It was made the defaultin OpenJDK 9.