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Re: JDK vs JRE

From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: JDK vs JRE
Date 2017-06-26 19:21 -0400
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 6/26/2017 3:22 PM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> I tried searching for differences and all I'm seeing is the obvious,
> the JDK contains the JRE plus the development tools. Other than a
> somewhat larger footprint, is there any harm in end users who only
> need a JRE installing a JDK?

If you by end users mean normal desktop PC's, then I don't see
any particular good reasons for not to install JDK. The extra
MB's is insignificant by todays standard.

Servers are different. Your company may very likely prohibit
all development tools on production servers to control what
software is there.

Arne

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JDK vs JRE Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-06-26 12:22 -0700
  Re: JDK vs JRE Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-06-26 20:50 +0000
  Re: JDK vs JRE Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-06-26 19:21 -0400
  Re: JDK vs JRE lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-06-27 12:35 -0700

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