2006-11-26 22:40:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
the one is a runtime-environment only, the other a software development kit.
the first allows you to run java-programs, but not to code them yourself. (well, you could code them yourself, but you could not compile them :)
2006-11-26 22:43:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Java SDK contains full suite of tools from running to developing Java program but JRE has only the tools for running Java program; although since Java is a new generation language, I recall encountering a program that make use of compilers within the API that put the capability of developing Java programs into JRE. But that is all between them assuming the same version in comparison.
2006-11-27 06:49:27 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JRE does not include javac - the java compiler, JDK does. So, JRE is only for runtime of your java apps/applet, JDK is for programming java apps/applet.
2006-11-27 06:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by goer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋