> a) How can you make standard-OOP-like method dispatch faster than vtables? The JVM optimizes this by using (P)ICs, which are faster than regular vtables. ht

> a) How can you make standard-OOP-like method dispatch faster than vtables? The JVM optimizes this by using (P)ICs, which are faster than regular vtables. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_caching http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_caching