otoh the similar k-nucleotide program in the benchmarks game processes bigger files to amortize any startup overhead — https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian

otoh the similar k-nucleotide program in the benchmarks game processes bigger files to amortize any startup overhead — https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/measurements/java.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... otoh instead of asserting "will totally underperform" please measure and share your measurements! Sometimes "startup overhead" turns-out to be insignificant. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/sometimes-people-just-make-up-stuff.html#jvm-startup-time https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...