"Raab, Andreas" wrote:
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>                         Good enough reason?! No? Well, for the second
> reason: Have a look at the tinyBenchmarks of a 2.7 and the new 2.8 VM.
> That'll convince you. OpenSource rules!

I'm seeing about 68% faster bytecodes and 8.5% faster sends with the new
2.8 VM on a 300MHz PentiumII.

> Finally, a little survey: How do you guys think about distributing a 'fat'
> VM - that is a VM that has all the plugins builtin so that no extra plugin
> DLLs are needed?! It would reduce the chance of accidentally using an
> outdated plugin and possibly make redistribution a bit easier. Do you care?!
> If so, let me know. I'm your (not so) humble servant ;-)

I like the idea of having both the 'fat' VM and the plugin-ized VM
available for download - as far as the "standard" distribution, I would
vote for the 'fat' VM for simplicity.

-- Dwight