[OpenIndiana-discuss] Java 8 for 32-bit Solaris -- followup

[jay at m5.chicago.il.us]

Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com> would write on Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:26:58 +0100:

>
> I don't get why you're using an early release of jdk8, rather than
> the latest patched version of 7 ...
> 
> I know which one I would consider the safest if you're connecting to
> the outside world.
> 

I want to run an application that was written in Java8.  It uses Java8
language features, and doesn't work on Java7.  I want to run it on my
32-bit Shillix system.  And I don't want to try to build OpenJDK,
certainly not now, when I have enough to do replacing bash on every
computer I own.  Therefore I am using the Java build that I found on
https://jdk8.java.net/lambda and it seems to be working.  I welcome
further comments from the members of this mailing list.


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