Thanks a lot Joda, that clarifies it a lot more for me, but once again I just want to make sure of something.
Is there a 'JDK 7' or only an 'Open JDK 7'? Are they one in the same at this point in time? If there is currently only an 'Open JDK 7', thats fine, I understand completely, but if the 'JDK 7' exists, what the heck is it? Sorry if this is a bit trivial, but I just want to make sure I understand this, its very interesting! Cheers, Mark On Apr 8, 1:26 am, JodaStephen <jodastep...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 1:24 pm, markmac <mark.macum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You saying that "no Java 7, only JDK 7" is what I'm not clear on > > here... If JDK 7 is an implementation of a specification, what > > specification is it implementing? Is it just the "Java SE platform" > > specification? If so, why is it called "JDK 7"?? > > Also, how does project COIN fit into this? > > Open JDK 6 (the GPL version) and Sun JDK 6 (the non-GPL version) are > implementations of the Java SE 6 platform specification (JSR-270). > > Open JDK 7 (the GPL version) is at this point what is best described > as 'just another open source project'. Sure, its an important one, but > it is not an implementation of any specification. > > Sun would probably like Open JDK 7 to become the reference > implementation of the Java SE 7 platform specification. However there > is currently no such specification, hence it has a status no more and > no less than any other open source project. > > Sun are continuing to use the 'JDK' terminology for JDK 7 even though > it is not an implementation of a specification. This is probably a > practical matter, as it is the best name for the codebase (given that > it can't be called Java SE 7, as that name specifically means the > specification, as David indicated at the start of the thread). > > Project Coin is simply an effort to add language changes to Open JDK > 7. Again, Sun would probably like there to be a JSR for Coin, and for > that to feed into the Java SE 7 platform specification, however it is > unclear if that will actually happen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
