Re: Help with download please

From: Cyberdog (david_at_INVALID.co.uk)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:13:10 +0100

Thanks Paul and Chas for your prompt replies. If I am stuck at the
software installation stage,god knows what will happen when I start to
learn properly ;-))

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:56:07 +0200, "Paul H. van Rossem"
<paul@timeware.nl> wrote:

>On 28-10-2004 19:39, Cyberdog wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am starting to learn Java, but I am stuck on the software. I am
>> reading "Java 2 for dummies", and it says I need the file J2SE SDK
>> software, however I can only find the J2SE 5.0 JDK package at the sun
>> site. Is the JDK the same as the SDK.??? thanks
>
>It's the same. For some reason SUN renamed it from JDK to SDK. The JRE
>is a stripped down version, containing only the run-time classes (no
>sources and help), which you can distribute to your customers (if any).
>And to get you more confused: JDK 1.5 is now called Java 5.
>
>There is a nice, unofficial FAQ about these things at
>http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html.
>
>Good luck, Paul.

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