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> the other languages with JIT compiling runtimes aren't really useful comparisons Interesting side-point re. language comparisons I noticed recently -- Java i
by deepsun 6y ago
> the other languages with JIT compiling runtimes aren't really useful comparisons
Interesting side-point re. language comparisons I noticed recently -- Java is often benchmarked together with compiled languages, although I would say it's only half-compiled (to bytecode, not to machine code). That's
- xxs 6y agoByte code compilation does extremely little about performance, it's all about the JIT. Hotspot was simply the 1st JIT compiler that was that good it was comparable to gcc's o2. Java is very much compiled to machine code/assembly.
- deepsun 6y agoBut then why it's not compared in the same ballpark as JS, Python? They all have JIT as well. But Java is compared against AOT compiled languages.