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by MCOfficer 2099 days ago
Just want to comment on java: Just stay away from Oracle Java and use OpenJDK, which is GPL2'd (with asterisk). If you want stability, stick to LTS versions... I have no idea why people would use Oracle Java for new projects.
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kasperni 2099 days ago
> I have no idea why people would use Oracle Java for new projects.

Maybe because there are businesses out there that care about support?

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mgdev 2099 days ago
"GraalVM Community editions are based on OpenJDK version 1.8.262 and on OpenJDK version 11.0.8."

https://www.graalvm.org/docs/getting-started-with-graalvm/

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chrisseaton 2099 days ago
> Just stay away from Oracle Java and use OpenJDK

Is there any difference anymore? I’m not sure there is.

> I have no idea why people would use Oracle Java for new projects

Expert support, for example.

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