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?
> 
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