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Subject: Re: Which one should I use diablo-jdk1.5.0 or jdk-1.6
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"Kemian Dang" <dangkm@gmail.com> writes:

> I am not sure which version of jdk should I use, do they have the same
> functionality?
>
> I know jdk-1.6 is compiled by diablo-jdk and has no run dependency on
> diablo, but if diablo is the same as the original sun jdk, why should
> there be another one, or to say, why I need to install another one?
>
> So, any suggestions?

If you're not writing java code yourself, the differences will
probably be quite small.