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Francis Wajei Emefile

Backend Engineer

Apr 10, 2022

The Java JDK, its releases and various offerings

A brief history of Java as a programming language Before it became Java Java was created at Sun Microsystems, Inc. by a team of researchers led by James Gosling. The goal was to create a language that could run on consumer electronics products. A few...

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Shai Almog

Yak Barber, duck whisperer, hunter of bugs, feeder of dogs, heap climber, stack explorer and rider of shells

Apr 10, 2022

Personally I'm more partial to the Zulu distribution of Open JDK from Azul as it includes more variants. The differences between the released are minor though.

I would recommend checking out foojay.io (Friends of Open JDK) for a list of OpenJDK distributions.

Francis Wajei Emefile

Backend Engineer

Apr 13, 2022

Hi Shai Almog, I agree the Zulu distribution is awesome.

Thank you for sharing Foojay with me. It looks like an amazing community already.