Startup time is, IMHO, not an essential part of a 'performance', as it is usually negligible compared to the time the actual execution (often in the order of we

Startup time is, IMHO, not an essential part of a 'performance', as it is usually negligible compared to the time the actual execution (often in the order of weeks) takes. But granted, for the case of small apps performing short lived tasks, JVM startup adds a relatively large amount of overhead, which can be annoying.