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The Return of the Frame Pointers

Brendan Gregg

I ended up developing a fix for the JVM c2 compiler which Oracle reworked and added as the -XX:+PreserveFramePointer option in JDK8u60 (see my Java in Flames post for details [ PDF ]). Here's my guesses: 2029: Ubuntu and Fedora release new versions with SFrames for OS components (including libc) and ditches frame pointers again.

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MSMQ is dead

Particular Software

Since it exists in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, MSMQ will continue to live on until at least 2029—and much longer assuming it isn't removed from future versions of Windows. As a Windows component, MSMQ is technically "supported" as long as it's carried by a supported version of Windows. Rest in peace MSMQ.