Thx for that. Java and scala-specifically, it's a pretty high-dimension space. Background: http://www.elis.ugent.be/JavaStats http://www.elis.ugent.be/JavaS

Thx for that. Java and scala-specifically, it's a pretty high-dimension space. Background: http://www.elis.ugent.be/JavaStats http://www.elis.ugent.be/JavaStats http://www.bestinclass.dk/index.clj/2010/02/benchmarking-jvm-languages.html http://www.bestinclass.dk/index.clj/2010/02/benchmarking-jvm... http://isthisclojure.blogspot.com/2011/02/benchmark-clojurejvm-5-degrees-of.html http://isthisclojure.blogspot.com/2011/02/benchmark-clojurej... https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AS8emH3-FLt3ZGRtbWJyOGdfMTFmcDZkcTk2cw&hl=en https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AS8emH3-FLt3ZGRtbWJ... Examples of benchmarks gone awry: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6146182/why-is-my-scala-code-running-slow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6146182/why-is-my-scala-c... http://groups.google.com/group/scala-language/browse_thread/thread/94740a10205dddd2/ http://groups.google.com/group/scala-language/browse_thread/...