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Download sun's java on my mac?

I just received this email from the guy who is helping me back at school:

ok, we know where java is, and we know that macs
(probably) have things set up a bit differently.
that's unfortunate, but probably we can add things to the
ant build file to accomodate that.

however, it may be easier to just download
the sun java as described on our web page
(http://www.cscs.umich.edu/lab/documentation/RePastStuff/setup-repast.html).
then you'll know where things are, and you'll be using the
same thing other repast users (and we) are using, *and*
your build.xml will be the same on your mac and on cscs.

have you visited that sun page?
does it have instructions for downloading to macs?
(you have to be a bit careful to be sure it does NOT
download over the java you already have!)


Does this sound like a good idea (to download sun's java)?
He recommends that I download J2SE 1.4.2. I can't see anything
platform-specific at the sun site: http://java.sun.com/j2se/.

This seems a little scary, but I don't know...