However, I am just now beginning Java programming and I am
wondering
if there is any substantial difference between java-1.6.0-openjdk and
the sun jdk.
As a beginning programmer, no. The differences are highly technical in nature and do not
show themselves early on in your endeavor as a programmer. There is a noticeable
performance loss on older platforms, but that's not true on semi-modern machines, I
find.
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Jonathan Beatty <jonathan.beatty(a)gallaudet.edu>