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Hi there, OK, so if you're like me your worst enemy is silent failure.  Things better just work or fail fast.  So I wanted to blog about my latest battle hardened tool: the Sun JVM "OnError" option.  This option has been around for...

Found a good summary at Pure Danger Tech on the list of features being considered for Java 7.  Please note that these are possible features.  There is currently no umbrella JSR for Java 7.  Check it out. http://tech.puredanger.com/java7  

Techniques for improving the runtime performance of your application. Background JC worked at a company that had service level agreements (SLA) for transaction response time and system throughput. Bill worked at a company that had to improve...

The Sun JVM supports two types of non-standard options: -X options - these are the normal non-standard options - they are not guaranteed to be supported on all JVM implementations and Sun has the right to remove them at any time -XX options - these not...