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> Java has been around a long time now and machines were a lot slower in the JDK 1.0 days so they were probably considering the poor performance of requiring a
by pdpi 8y ago
> Java has been around a long time now and machines were a lot slower in the JDK 1.0 days so they were probably considering the poor performance of requiring a minimum Object overhead.
Never mind the machines back when Java was 1.0 — one of the reasons Project Valhalla exists is that "the poor performance of requiring a minimum object overhead" is very much still a significant cost!
- pjmlp 8y agoThe biggest reason is the pressure on HFT scenarios that want to migrate to Java and see it as a blocker, and the new kids on the block that offer better support for such scenarios.