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One can have valid criticisms of Java, the language. But there is no disagreement that the JVM is very good in terms of performance.
by lokedhs 8y ago
One can have valid criticisms of Java, the language. But there is no disagreement that the JVM is very good in terms of performance.
- sifoobar 8y agoThe problem is that by the time it's warmed up enough to actually run as fast as advertised, the world has already moved on. And when it still doesn't, figuring out why means digging through a giant pile of complexity that you didn't ask for. Thanks, but no thanks; I wasted enough years on Java.
- pjmlp 8y agoUnless you happen to use a JVM from IBM, Azul, or many other JVM vendors that support AOT compilation and caching JIT code between executions. A way to save years on Java is to use the right implementations.