[namelezz]

> I'm specifically talking about the classpath, jars, separate jvm install. These are a pain to manage across environments.

I agree with the classpath issue and hopefully it will be fix in Java 9. Separate jvm install? Why? JVM is backwards compatibility.

> And let's be honest, how many people target more than Linux/x86_64 on the server side.

Those that develop non server apps since Java is a general-purpose language.

[bluejekyll]

Yes. I'm serverside generally.

The JVM is, but sometimes there are things that require specific bug fixes in the GC for example where it's just a big issue combining the jars with the JVM etc.

My only put is that a single thing to deploy is easier than multiple.