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Download latency is important in many contexts.

• vips7L 4y ago
  But isn’t important in the hello world context and in other contexts I don’t think it’s a great comparison. Typical node apps will ship with megabytes of extra files for functionality that would be present in the Java standard library. Even if I take your claim as fact, programming languages are about trade offs. While Java might suffer from download latency it will more than likely beat TS on execution time and gc latencies.
  • fidgewidge 4y ago
    But recall that Java was once pushed heavily in the form of applets, where code size and download time are critical. That's why Sun developed pack200.
    • vips7L 4y ago
      This is 2023 not 1996. Applets have been deprecated for a long time.
      • fidgewidge 4y ago
        You asked for specific examples of where these metrics matter, the web is clearly a specific example.