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> which makes them memory hungry and slow on older machines I doubt this is even remotely true. The JVM (and the CLR, and every modern runtime) is a very well-
by phillipcarter 7y ago
> which makes them memory hungry and slow on older machines
I doubt this is even remotely true. The JVM (and the CLR, and every modern runtime) is a very well-tuned machine that performs well.
Language services make heavy use of system resources. It's effectively compiling your code as a service whenever you need it, which is a lot.
- stephenr 7y agoIDEA Ultimate can definitely be heavy on memory. It's currently using 3.5GB with one project/10 file tabs open. It's literally part of the reason I use a machine with 64GB of RAM (IDEA with a couple of projects open, plus 5-10 VMs = a metric fuck ton of memory used). But how much of that is specifically because of the JVM and how much is just because of what it is, cannot be compared fairly IMO, because as I said in another sub-thread, theres literally nothing that has the same level of functionality across so many languages and platforms.