Re: [SNG-chat] Let's start something up (was: Re: [epona] Epona "is this the end")

[Noam M. <no...@be...>]

Daniele Nicolucci (Jollino) wrote:
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> - Installing a recent JRE to make services live in a fast JVM would 
> probably be too tricky, if not impossible, in some configurations
> - Installing gcc 3.x to compile Java stuff into native machine code 
> would probably be even worse
> 
> This is because many machines running irc services are often used for 
> other stuff, and they just can't afford the risk of upgrading the JRE 
> (they could be using java for some stuff that can't be interrupted), or 
> even worse, upgrading to gcc 3.x to compile services. Upgrading gcc 
> could even mean, in the most Armageddon-like situation, that the whole 
> system ends up being messed up by accidental overwriting of libraries. 
> It's a possibility, although it's improbable. But it's still possible.
> 
I have a suggestion on how to solve this problem.
provide compiled versions of your services on all popular operating systems.
this might be tricky due to the so many operating systems out there, but 
I'm sure you can find ppl who are willing to compile it for you.
Im no expert with *nix in general, and never even seen/used java as a 
language, so my suggestion might not even be possible.

-Noam M.