On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Hannes Wallnoefer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but least on Debian you can easily install a
> 32-bit JVM on 64-bit systems:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ia32-sun-java6-bin
>
> Install and run update-java-alternatives. I haven't tried myself (I
> wish I had know this when I needed it) but a friend reported reduced
> memory usage after making the switch.

Yes, my #1 recommendation for JRuby users right now is to use 32-bit
client JVM in development. The startup time difference is night and
day.

- Charlie

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