On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:14:19 -0500 Thomas E Enebo <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you pass -J-Djruby.native.enabled=false it will run in a 100% Pure > Java runtime. We can remove the 100% from our description, since it > is not the default, but we can run in an 100% mode. Is this > dishonest? Anyone else have an opinion? All you need is a suitable JRE, right? My suggestion: Leave it as it as and add a small footnote or a link to an article explaining the exceptions, that they can be disabled with -J-Djruby.native.enabled=false and what the consequences of the flag are. Manfred > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Todd Stout <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of JRuby. However, I think it is > > a little dishonest to proudly proclaim that JRuby is 100% Java on > > the main project page. Jeroen Frijters, of IKVM fame, pointed out > > recently that JRuby is not what most folks would consider 100% > > Java. The relevant discussion is located > > here: http://weblog.ikvm.net/CommentView.aspx?guid=2812ccd8-5c4a-4e5e-83fe-53d064e7b999. > > Perhaps the main JRuby site's language should be modified to read > > 98% Pure Java? > > > > -- > Blog: http://www.bloglines.com/blog/ThomasEEnebo > Email: [email protected] , [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
