>> If you want the JVM to use less RAM, you can turn down the maximum heap size. <<
That's how the programs used to be run with JRuby 1.6.7 and with those same limits the n-body program failed to complete within 1 hour using JRuby 1.7 -- so the brittle RAM limits were abandoned.
That's how the programs used to be run with JRuby 1.6.7 and with those same limits the n-body program failed to complete within 1 hour using JRuby 1.7 -- so the brittle RAM limits were abandoned.