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You will very likely need real time guarantees the JVM does not provide. (The "off the shelf" bit's a hint)

• amalcon 14y ago
  Absolutely correct. I was thinking of things along the lines of "use JDK 1.2, which still lets you turn off the garbage collector, and then spend 100% of your time after startup in a JNI module." That's the least scary version.
  • dllthomas 14y ago
    What about "Use java code to output C code; compile C code; run C code."?
    • doktrin 14y ago
      From an interviewer's perspective, that answer wouldn't really help me gauge your familiarity and depth of understanding with regards to the JVM (which is, presumably, something I'd be very interested in knowing).
      • dllthomas 14y ago
        That's a good point.