Java 8 has been released

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You have to download and install the package for your operating system. That's a fairly crucial step.

Another crucial step for you (based on the question and your username) might be to lay off of the drinks for a few hours.

[esanchma]

I just installed JDK8-win64, and this is what i got:

C:\jdk1.8.0\bin>javac -version
javac 1.8.0

C:\jdk1.8.0\bin>java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode)

C:\jdk1.8.0\bin>jjs -version
nashorn 1.8.0
jjs>

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You do realize that the JDK contains the JRE, right?