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JIT compiled languages are slow to load, because they have to compile each bit of code the first time they run it. That is why Java is known as a slow language,
by jimrandomh 18y ago
JIT compiled languages are slow to load, because they have to compile each bit of code the first time they run it. That is why Java is known as a slow language, even though it does fine in benchmarks: because loading is the one operation that's slow enough for the user to notice.
- dhotson 18y agoThe thing is, even compiled C++ apps are no better when loading a bunch of shared libraries etc. OpenOffice.. I'm looking at you! ;-)
- silentbicycle 18y agoCounter-example: LuaJIT (http://luajit.org/luajit_performance.html http://luajit.org/luajit_performance.html), largely because the compiler / optimizer themselves are extraordinarily small.