From: David Palm <dvdplm@...>
Date: 2009-05-14T18:24:26+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] JRuby 1.3.0 will include Nailgun

On Thu, 14 May 2009 06:45:25 +0900, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> Nailgun is a tool that speeds up Java command startup by punting 
> commands to an always-running "server" JVM. The improvement for JRuby 
> is substantial, with bare-bones startup times improving tenfold.

This is so cool. I've been wanting something like it forever.

Is the nailgun implementation similar in concept to perperl (or PersistentPerl, http://daemoninc.com/PersistentPerl/)? Is there anything like it for MRI as well? In your opinion, would it be feasible?

Kudos!

David