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Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think not using the JVM makes deployments much simpler. At least that was one of the benefits a team at Amazon stated abou

by rifung 11y ago

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think not using the JVM makes deployments much simpler. At least that was one of the benefits a team at Amazon stated about switching to Go while I was there

icedchai 11y ago
In practice, it doesn't make much difference. You install the JVM once and rarely upgrade it. You build and distribute your Java apps as fat jars (meaning, all dependencies bundled.)
- rifung 11y ago
  But what happens when some of the apps require different versions of the JVM?
  - bitmapbrother 11y ago
    As long as you're using the latest version then this shouldn't be a problem as the JVM is backwards compatible.
    - tacticus 11y ago
      Except on those fun occasions when it isn't really. :\
  - icedchai 11y ago
    You know you can have multiple VMs installed, with different JAVA_HOMEs, right? This is a solved problem.