> given the maturity of the JVM architecture The server JVM is very mature; millions of dollars have been poured into making it work great in long-running, hig

> given the maturity of the JVM architecture The server JVM is very mature; millions of dollars have been poured into making it work great in long-running, high-memory conditions where it has a lot of time to optimize its JIT. The client JVM (focusing on quick startup and low resource usage) has been pretty much neglected ever since people realized "Java applets on the web" wasn't going to happen.