title: Is OpenJDK 8 a reference implementation of Java SE 8?
body: <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102422/https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This article</a> states that OpenJDK7 is the official reference implementation for Java SE7.</p>
  
  <p>Can somebody confirm that this is also the case for Java 8? That Open JDK8 is the reference implementation for Java SE8?</p>
  
  <p>There is a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22358071/differences-between-oracle-jdk-and-open-jdk-and-garbage-collection">partial answer at this link</a>, however my question is about Java 8 specifically. </p>