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JITB: A Java based Flash player capable of running up to 30x faster than Adobe's

• benologist 16y ago
  Anything that can't run 30x faster than fp is probably dead. And I say that loving Flash.
• bbuffone 16y ago
  Flash isn't popular because of its runtime speed. The startup speed is most important. The flash player starts instantly something that java can't do.
  • CountHackulus 16y ago
    Actually, there's a few Java VMs that are made to start nearly instantly or have an option for a quick startup. For example, [1] shows that the IBM J9 VM has a -Xquickstart option. [1] http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v5r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tprf_tunejvm.html http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v5r0/index....
• razerbeans 16y ago
  Link to actual content rather than reddit post: http://blog.joa-ebert.com/2010/08/19/introducing-jitb/ http://blog.joa-ebert.com/2010/08/19/introducing-jitb/
• dstein 16y ago
  If Java applets make a comeback and replace the Flash plugin, I will probably spit up my milk.
• ars 16y ago
  I wonder if it's fast because it's incomplete, and when you start adding all the harder things - and especially the special cases, you realize things are more complicated - and slower - than you thought.