[wplug] FC4 Java issues

[Michael Skowvron]

Eli Heady wrote:

> Eclipse is running about half as fast as it
> did on FC3 with Sun's JDK

For a higher performance JVM, try BEA's JRockit.
http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=index.htm&FP=/content/products/jrockit
http://commerce.bea.com/products/weblogicjrockit/5.0/jr_50.jsp

Speed of Java on different platforms:
http://www.ics.muni.cz/~makub/java/speed.html

> Or maybe someone can just tell me ... can I just download Sun's JDK
> (non rpm) and unpack it where I like, and point Eclipse to it --
> without trashing the default Java stuff? 

Basically, yes, it's a simple as that. The JVM will unpack into a 
self-contained tree.

Michael