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Free and open-source implementation of Java SE
OpenJDK is an implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition. It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006, four years before the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation. OpenJDK is free and open-source software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 with a GPL linking exception, preventing components that linked to the Java Class Library becoming subject to the terms of the GPL license. OpenJDK is the official reference implementation of Java SE since version 7, and is the most popular JDK distribution. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: OpenJDKA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: JVM Performance EngineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: OpenJML: Software verification for Java 7 using JML, OpenJDK, and EclipseCited 52 times
- Go sideways: Free Java implementationsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: IcedTeaA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕JVM Performance EngineeringMonica Beckwith · 2022
OpenJDK CookbookAlex Kasko, Stanislav Kobylyanskiy · 2015
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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