On 18 Dec 2014, at 2:05, Graham Allan wrote:

> I also get that same error when I run "java -v", it's just that '-v' is an 
> invalid argument, the correct flag is '-version' (assuming that's what you 
> intended):
>
> $ java -v
> Unrecognized option: -v
> Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
> Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
> $ java -version
> java version "1.7.0\_21"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0\_21-b11)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.21-b01, mixed mode)

It amuses to this day that this has never been fixed.  No one in hell should 
that be a "fatal exception" - I understand why it is, but that message has 
always seemed overly....dramatic.


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