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by wr1472 4954 days ago 

   "The JVM is a big black box and I think its veryhard to see whats happening inside."
Good software engineering is very much about standing on the shoulders of giants.

   "have someone tried to write a patch for the JVM? no? then try!"
How often do people need to do this in everyday development on the JVM?
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TallGuyShort 4954 days ago
Any language that someone is arguing should be "the next big language" should take things other than everyday development on the JVM. Nevertheless, wanting to be able to patch the JVM has been a part of my "everday development" several times.
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jbooth 4954 days ago
"everyday development"? Really? Could you explain which behavior needed patching? Garbage collection, I'm guessing?

I'm not saying the JVM is perfect but I'm inclined to think that if the JVM is causing you problems, you already had them in your architecture.

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