System wide JVMs

["Jim McLean" <Jim.McLean@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Guys,

I think the main reason why there aren't system wide JVMs is for code
security/stability.  Wouldn't it be kinda crazy if all Java processes were
using the same JVM?  Processes could just start screwing with other
processes session type objects whenever they felt like it.  What about
garbage collection in this huge JVM?  As far as I know the iSeries is a bit
different in terms of GC compared to the typical background process.  The
iSeries JVM actually pauses execution in the JVM to do clean up.  I think
we would have alot of clean-up to do if we have processes entering and
leaves the same JVM all the time.

Just throwing out what I see as some potential problems...


Regards,
Jim.


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