On: The JVM is not that heavy

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That is why i am looking forward and VERY excited for TruffleRuby, SubstrateVM, Graal, along with C Extention.

I think once there is official way to trim JDK down, making deployment super easy and fast ( Single executable File ), Java will pick up stream again.

The only problem and hesitation we have...is Oracle.

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Not to sound rude, but the expression you were aiming to use is maybe "pick up steam". Random example: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pick+up+steam

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OT, but this expression seems like a corruption of 'build up steam' and 'pick up speed'. 'Pick up steam' doesn't really make sense in original context- something a steam train would do while stationary and preparing to move :)