jdk7u-osx, VM mode

[Mike Swingler]

On Dec 7, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Henri Gomez wrote:

>>> Hey, I'd be among the first toss 32-bit just to not deal with people who try to integrate Java with Carbon or QuickTime. :-)
>> 
>> Given the sad, unfinished state QTKit is in, unfortunately sometimes you don't have a choice...
> 
> I read this thread and it's still unclear why OSX JVM will be 64bits
> only whereas Linux and Windows for example will have choice.

How does this choice benefit the end customer? Why should they know or care?

> To me it's strange to impose a 64 bits VM to a user running on a 32 bits OS.
> And there is still Apple machines not capable of 64 bits OS, due to EFI limits

The EFI limits only restrict the kernel, but even if you are running a 32-bit kernel, you can still run 64-bit processes as long as you don't have an original Core Solo or Core Duo (which can't install Lion on that class of hardware either).

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.