On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:53:17 +0200, Stephen Barrett
<stephen.a.barr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a dumb question, and I think I already know the answer but better
safe than sorry...
I am sitting here with "Teach Yourself Java" on my lap and its going very
well (up to page 84!) , however, it does insist on JDK7 in order to
compile
strings in switch statements. As I too am using OS 10.6.8, I got the same
problem. If I understand this group correctly then this is where I need
to
be to get along without
Lion:
http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/downloads/detail?name=OpenJDK-OSX-1.7-universal-jdk-b222-20111220.dmg
- is that right?
As I say - very much a beginner, and I appreciate the advice. A 'yes' or
'no' will do.
The short answer is yes :-) but I think a further explanation is needed.
That place is the repository of the OpenJDK 7 builds for Mac OS X (I
prefer to look at the list in the home page
http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/ and anyway honestly it's not
always easy to understand what's the latest stable release - for instance,
I'm using 7u7).
But there's also the official Oracle release at
http://jdk7.java.net/download.html
(here you can see why I'm currently a bit puzzled about what's the latest
release - I was aware of the 7u8, but it seems it has been renamed to
7u10).
For learning Java, either will do. You won't be needing any particular
update, but given that 7u7 and the previous ones have serious security
flaws, keep an eye on updates.
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