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GambitDeclinedHi All, I want to learn Java (I programmed in BASIC about 35 years ago, no kidding), and all the books I have picked up are SUN (Oracle?) Java -- in the interest of learning, should I start off with the sun java SDK suggested in these books or... well, what do you think?23:48
GambitDeclinedI primarily use Debian and Ubuntu at home.23:48
GambitDeclinedAssuming anyone is awake. :-)23:49
persiaThis channel tends to be more about how Java is packaged in Ubuntu.23:49
persiaFor questions about Java itself, ##java is preferred.23:50
persiaThis channel tends to be more about how Java is packaged in Ubuntu.23:50
persiaFor questions about Java itself, ##java is preferred.23:50
GambitDeclinedYeah, I know, but it was a general preference I was looking for among fellow linux users.23:51
persiaI understand, but I'm not convinced that the folk here are prepared to answer your questions.23:51
GambitDeclinedpersia, I didn't really think of it as a coding question, but if you think I'll have more luck there I'll see what they have to tell me.23:51
GambitDeclinedpersia, Thanks.23:52
persiaI will say that I've spent time developing Java in a windows environment that was tested in a linux environment and deployed to an OS/400 environment: the key bit is really making sure you have the library support you need.23:52
persiaEverything else is syntax, for which ##java is a wonderful resource.23:52
persiaIf you're just learning, I'll suggest playing robocode for a while.  handy way to sharpen your skills, and fun23:53
persia1.6.2 is in the repos.23:54
GambitDeclinedpersia, Okay, I'll poke my head in there and see what they think about using openjava with books oriented to sunjava. Assuming that I'm even using the right terms.23:54
GambitDeclinedpersia, I'll take a look at robocode as well.23:54
persiaThey can probably advise better.  Last information I have from Sun is ~22 months old, and it was that internally Sun was only working on OpenJDK for the future, but there's been lots of changes since then (e.g. ORACLE)23:55
GambitDeclinedYeah, Oracle seems to be eating all the old standby's up.23:55

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