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I don't mean to deny your experience or sound rude, but it genuinely baffles me that you would have difficulty installing Java. I do not understand how it is di

by __jem 4y ago

I don't mean to deny your experience or sound rude, but it genuinely baffles me that you would have difficulty installing Java. I do not understand how it is different than installing literally any other programming runtime. How is installing the .NET SDK any easier than installing Java?

bmitc 4y ago
That's not exactly what I said though. For Java in particular, is it Oracle JDK or OpenJDK, what's the difference, and why should I care? The latter is the same sentiment of the person I responded to. I don't care, but I'm presented with the different options depending upon which Clojure install guide I am following. It's really the experience in totality. There are choices, but for someone new to the Java ecosystem, it's confusing why and why should I care. Because in the end, I don't care. I just want to use Clojure, but there's decisions to be made at every step of getting going that aren't clear to someone new to the ecosystem. This same thing happened with .NET as well. At one point in time, there was .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono and a question of how to get F# in all that. That was just as, if not more so, confusing. However, it's since been cleared up: install .NET 6 or higher.
- kaba0 4y ago
  > For Java in particular, is it Oracle JDK or OpenJDK, what's the difference, and why should I care? I know it’s mostly about a sentiment, but if you or anyone is curious — there is basically none, OracleJDK is a fork of OpenJDK (which is the reference implementation) with basically negligible changes. License wise OpenJDK uses the same one as Linux so you can use it as you seem fit, while the current LTS OracleJDK (17) is free to use until the next LTS release + 1 year, but unless you need corporate support, you really have no need for that.
  - bmitc 4y ago
    Thank you for that information! It is helpful.
- gdw2 4y ago
  https://whichjdk.com/ https://whichjdk.com/

by __jem 4y ago

bmitc 4y ago

That's not exactly what I said though. For Java in particular, is it Oracle JDK or OpenJDK, what's the difference, and why should I care? The latter is the same sentiment of the person I responded to. I don't care, but I'm presented with the different options depending upon which Clojure install guide I am following. It's really the experience in totality. There are choices, but for someone new to the Java ecosystem, it's confusing why and why should I care. Because in the end, I don't care. I just want to use Clojure, but there's decisions to be made at every step of getting going that aren't clear to someone new to the ecosystem. This same thing happened with .NET as well. At one point in time, there was .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono and a question of how to get F# in all that. That was just as, if not more so, confusing. However, it's since been cleared up: install .NET 6 or higher.

kaba0 4y ago
> For Java in particular, is it Oracle JDK or OpenJDK, what's the difference, and why should I care? I know it’s mostly about a sentiment, but if you or anyone is curious — there is basically none, OracleJDK is a fork of OpenJDK (which is the reference implementation) with basically negligible changes. License wise OpenJDK uses the same one as Linux so you can use it as you seem fit, while the current LTS OracleJDK (17) is free to use until the next LTS release + 1 year, but unless you need corporate support, you really have no need for that.
- bmitc 4y ago
  Thank you for that information! It is helpful.
gdw2 4y ago
https://whichjdk.com/ https://whichjdk.com/