On 4/16/09 5:38 PM, "Kirk Wolf" <[email protected]> wrote:

> That's fine; but without a JIT, migrating common Java workloads to
> Solaris z is a non-starter.   For the z-architecture, it needs to be a
> rather sophisticated JIT.

Give us a little time, OK? Neale's only had a week or so to get this far.
8-)

It's a known requirement. Baby steps...it's easier to sell eating the
performance hit for now than arguing about converting some application to a
different JDK.  The next two steps are a LOT harder, and Kate is rationing
pixie dust this month..8-)

> I agree with your points on JDK compatibility being a common issue, on
> all platforms.   Most all of the problems end up being that the
> application code incorrectly uses Sun internal classes.  Sun should
> have "fixed" this long ago by somehow preventing using of classes that
> aren't part of the Java API.

Not my battle. I'm just tired of hearing "IBM Java isn't what our
applications people need".

-- db

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