I don't have Java installed on my PC. I may be wrong but I think it's being said to be a security risk. And I don't like the language (for perhaps mostly irrational reasons: I think it's ugly). OTOH, it's only the runtime I need.
But now, two programs I want to install require it.
1. Eclipse (the IDE) - I want to try it.
2. Minecraft, the Java edition. Because one guy have translated it in to the Sami language, and I'd like to try that. I only know a little Sami, but one of the things I'd like to do in my retirement is learning new languages. And now, that I've taught myself Python, I'd like to try another one, preferrably one very different from Norwegian. While Sami does belong to the indo-european languages, it's not one of the germanic ones. The Sami language is only available in the Java addition, according to the guy who did the translation.
So what do you think: Is the Java runtime a significant security risk?
a pibbur who knows how to ask for coffee in the Sami language. And to some degree where the toilets are.
PS. I don't like the look of Python either, but it has a lot of other things going for it, especially when it comes to scientific computing. DS.
But now, two programs I want to install require it.
1. Eclipse (the IDE) - I want to try it.
2. Minecraft, the Java edition. Because one guy have translated it in to the Sami language, and I'd like to try that. I only know a little Sami, but one of the things I'd like to do in my retirement is learning new languages. And now, that I've taught myself Python, I'd like to try another one, preferrably one very different from Norwegian. While Sami does belong to the indo-european languages, it's not one of the germanic ones. The Sami language is only available in the Java addition, according to the guy who did the translation.
So what do you think: Is the Java runtime a significant security risk?
a pibbur who knows how to ask for coffee in the Sami language. And to some degree where the toilets are.
PS. I don't like the look of Python either, but it has a lot of other things going for it, especially when it comes to scientific computing. DS.