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by Charles Oliver Nutter-4 :: Rate this Message:

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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Greg Halsey<ghalsey@...> wrote:

> Charlie thank you and everyone who contributed to making JRuby a
> reality.
>
> My 2 cents:
> I was trying to use the server option and it didn't work.
> Here is answer from the readme:
>    jre\bin\server\
>        On Microsoft Windows platforms, the JDK includes both
>        the Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM and Java HotSpot Client VM.
>        However, the Java SE Runtime Environment for Microsoft Windows
>        platforms includes only the Java HotSpot Client VM. Those
> wishing
>        to use the Java HotSpot Server VM with the Java SE Runtime
>        Environment may copy the JDK's jre\bin\server folder to a
>        bin\server directory in the Java SE Runtime Environment.
> Software
>        vendors may redistribute the Java HotSpot Server VM with their
>        redistributions of the Java SE Runtime Environment.

Ahh yes, that's a great call. On all other platforms, I believe the
JRE comes with the server VM as well. There are efforts to merge
server and client, but this is definitely something we should have in
the wiki, maybe on one of the FAQ pages. Can you add something?

- Charlie

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