Java running times can be really good, but the startup times are terrible. See the recently posted Eclipse speed-up article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?i

Java running times can be really good, but the startup times are terrible. See the recently posted Eclipse speed-up article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2694840 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2694840 .