I'm flabbergasted that this entire thread is lamenting the fact that we aren't getting 'smaller JREs' now for java 8.
Like 95% of the rest of the world of java, my java apps tend to be long running and tend to be on machines I control, i.e. make the JRE 2GB for all I care, it just doesn't matter one iota. Bootup can take 10 seconds too, still don't really care. But I'm REALLY disappointed (not annoyed; if this is the right call, it's the right call. A rushed API is never a good idea): I wanted jigsaw for the ability to modularize my projects, and make development simpler by just being able to stick my dependencies in a file. A unification, of sorts, between the maven idea (build-time dependency management) and the OSGi idea (run-time dependency management). I'm probably expecting way more of jigsaw than it really is, but you gotta start somewhere, and a modularization system that is an intrinsic part of the language and which is what the JVM itself is modularized on seems like a fantastic start. On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:49:51 PM UTC+2, Mwanji Ezana wrote: > > http://mreinhold.org/blog/late-for-the-train > > I had just read an interesting practical intro to Jigsaw by Paul Sandoz, > so I'm sad to see it go. > > Moandji > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/15vptfPjuvYJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
