more interesting explanation and benchmarks: https://shipilev.net/jvm/anatomy-quarks/25-implicit-null-checks/ https://shipilev.net/jvm/anatomy-quarks/25-implici

more interesting explanation and benchmarks: https://shipilev.net/jvm/anatomy-quarks/25-implicit-null-checks/ https://shipilev.net/jvm/anatomy-quarks/25-implicit-null-che... hotspot's always-on runtime profiling (and corresponding runtime dynamic optimization) is pretty neat.