On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> But the reference implementation from Oracle will be based on OpenJDK >> >> http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the >> >> -- >> A: Because it obfuscates the reading. >> Q: Why is top posting so bad? >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> Denis A. Altoe Falqueto >> Linux user #524555 >> ------------------------------------------- >> > > have you read the comments on that page? > http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the#comment-1307902502754 > > I couldn't find a great link that explains it, but the main diffs are that > jre/jdk provide proprietary extensions and provide better a better runtime > experience. > Note that reference implementation only means that it is a correct > implementation of a specification and does not mean anything else. Good point. I didn't read all the comments because almost all of them were just bashing Oracle for not supporting Apache Harmony. I've never noticed the difference between the Reference Implementation and the actual jre/jdk released by Sun/Oracle before. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto Linux user #524555 -------------------------------------------
