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Byte 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 compara
by xxs 6y ago
Byte 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.