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openj9

brew install openj9 v0.59.0 EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) OR (GPL-2.0-only WITH OpenJDK-assembly-exception-1.0) keg-only

High performance, scalable, Java virtual machine

17
30-day installs · #7225
144
90-day · #4787
450
365-day · #5349

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Caveats

This formula provides the latest supported LTS JDK. If you need a specific
version, then you will have to use a different method to install OpenJ9.

For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with
  sudo ln -sfn $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openj9/libexec/openj9.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openj9.jdk

Keg-only reason

:shadowed_by_macos

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