Solar Microsystems Releases Jolt 2 Platform Posted by Hemlock on Saturday October 16, @07:45AM EDT from the write-once-debug-everywhere dept. CoffeeCoder writes "Solar has released the Jolt 2 SDK, with a new graphics toolkit, a faster virtual machine and a 20MB download. The new HotStove compiler promises speeds 'approaching C' on long-running server code, as long as you don't mind waiting for it to warm up, which takes about as long as a pot of coffee." Applets are dead, long live servlets. Solar Microsystems Releases Jolt 2 Platform | Login/Create an Account | Top | 33 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 33 comments 0: 30 comments 1: 26 comments 2: 21 comments 3: 14 comments 4: 6 comments 5: 2 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. First post!! by Anonymous Coward (Score:-1) Re:First post!! by perl_monger_mo on Saturday October 16, @08:08AM EDT (#4) (User Info) Says the guy posting at 3am on a Tuesday. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:First post!! by frostbyte on Saturday October 16, @09:06AM EDT (#9) (User Info) You're both wrong, and I'm going to explain why in a post that's way too long for anyone to read. Paragraph one: ... [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:First post!! by frostbyte on Saturday October 16, @09:11AM EDT (#10) (User Info) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:First post!! by ShopperSheila on Saturday October 16, @09:28AM EDT (#11) (User Info) Citation needed. Where are you getting these numbers? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:First post!! by HexHead on Saturday October 16, @09:52AM EDT (#15) (User Info) Funny, I had the exact opposite experience. Ymmv, I guess. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:First post!! by perl_monger_mo on Saturday October 16, @10:01AM EDT (#16) (User Info) This. A thousand times this. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:First post!! by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 16, @11:04AM EDT (#22) You must be new here. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Servers by Linixdvd on Saturday October 16, @07:55AM EDT (#3) (User Info) Jolt on the server is where it's actually going. Nobody wants applets. Everybody wants a garbage-collected language for their middleware. [ Reply to This ] 20MB by LowEarthLarry on Saturday October 16, @08:39AM EDT (#7) (User Info) A 20MB download on a 56k modem is about an hour, if nobody picks up the phone. [ Reply to This ] Re:20MB by Speculatron on Saturday October 16, @08:55AM EDT (#8) (User Info) Don't feed the trolls. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:20MB by crufty on Saturday October 16, @09:46AM EDT (#13) (User Info) Did you even read the parent post? He said the opposite. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:20MB by sysadmin_steve on Saturday October 16, @10:49AM EDT (#20) (User Info) The parent's point stands, though: it depends entirely on the use case. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:20MB by kludge_king on Saturday October 16, @09:48AM EDT (#14) (User Info) Mod parent down! Flamebait. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:20MB by Nervous Ned on Saturday October 16, @10:34AM EDT (#19) (User Info) Actually, that's a common misconception. The spec explicitly allows it; it's the vendors who didn't implement it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:20MB by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 16, @11:02AM EDT (#21) I work in this field, and the parent is basically right, although the details are a bit more complicated than one comment can cover. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Beowulf by Gnuisance on Saturday October 16, @09:32AM EDT (#12) (User Info) Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. [ Reply to This ] Standards by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 16, @10:12AM EDT (#17) This is why we need open standards. Without them every vendor builds a little walled garden and the users pay for the walls. [ Reply to This ] Answer: 42 by LowEarthLarry on Saturday October 16, @10:15AM EDT (#18) (User Info) The answer, of course, is 42. What was the question? [ Reply to This ] Re:Answer: 42 by q_bert on Saturday October 16, @11:32AM EDT (#24) (User Info) Real men use a magnetized needle and a steady hand. [ Reply to This | Parent ] The real problem by perl_monger_mo on Saturday October 16, @11:15AM EDT (#23) (User Info) The real problem here is management. Engineers know how to build things right; management sets a deadline that makes it impossible, and then acts surprised when it ships broken. Every single time. [ Reply to This ] Re:The real problem by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 16, @11:37AM EDT (#25) Hey, at least it's not Portals. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The real problem by RetroRaccoon on Saturday October 16, @11:48AM EDT (#26) (User Info) I think you're missing the point. Nobody is arguing it's perfect, just that it's better than what we had. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:The real problem by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 16, @12:09PM EDT (#28) Thanks for posting this. I learned something today, which is rare for a comment section. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Correction by kernel_kid on Saturday October 16, @12:38PM EDT (#31) (User Info) Small correction to the story: it's not the first time this has been done. A university group demonstrated something very similar in 1996. The difference is that this one actually ships. [ Reply to This ] Mirror by DaemonDiva on Saturday October 16, @12:49PM EDT (#32) (User Info) Mirror here, while it lasts: it's on my cable modem so be gentle. [ Reply to This ] Profit by Tux_Tamer on Saturday October 16, @12:59PM EDT (#33) (User Info) Step 1: write story. 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