[LAD] 2.4 vs 2.6

[Marc-Olivier Barre]

On 7/25/07, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> On 7/25/07, Jens M Andreasen <jens.andreasen at comhem.se> wrote:
> > WebSphere Real Time [...]
> >
> > * Response time measured in milliseconds
> > * Unique Real Time Garbage Collection technology: Avoids unpredictable
> > pauses to Java applications for garbage collection
> > * Ahead-of-Time Compilation: Pre-compile code to achieve better
> > performance than interpreted compilation and more predictable response
> > times than Just-in-Time Compilation
> >
> > http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/realtime/
> >
> >
> > So - as far as I can see - the Java language is now aboard as a first
> > class RT citizen.
>
> Great news!  Now when Websphere goes into an infinite loop you have to
> hit the power switch rather than kill -9 it...
>

Yeah, and before building a realtime-safe GC, they'd better try build
*at least* a safe GC...
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