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In an enterprise environment, every leap second or TZ change invokes a ceremonious updating of anything using Java or a JVM. I suspect a lot of people would ra
by cptskippy 4y ago
In an enterprise environment, every leap second or TZ change invokes a ceremonious updating of anything using Java or a JVM. I suspect a lot of people would rather perform a once a century update than the bi-annual process they do now.
- MonkeyClub 4y agoDid we just create a Cobolesque Y2K situation for Java? I can just imagine Graybeards of the future rushing ahead of the leap minute to update the JVM lest the world goes in flames yet again.
- gpvos 4y agoThe thing is that there will be entire Java-like ecosystems that will have shorter longevity than the time between leaps. So practically all of them will have no facility for a leap at all.