> Like many myths about Java performance, the erroneous belief that declaring classes or methods as final results in better performance is widely held but rarel

> Like many myths about Java performance, the erroneous belief that declaring classes or methods as final results in better performance is widely held but rarely examined. Yes, was about to point this out, one of the more resilient misconceptions about Java. I've lost count of how many times I had to explain this and remove a boatload of unnecessary "final".