From: Isak <isak.hansen@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T00:35:07+09:00
Subject: Re: For performance, write it in C - Part 2, comparing C, Ruby and Java

Kroeger, Simon (ext) wrote:
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>> From: Isak Hansen [mailto:isak.hansen@gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:15 PM
> 
>> When people want 'speed' they care about how fast the code runs, not
>> JVM startup time..
> 
> Of course each Benchmark is to be taken with a lot of caution, but I 
> doubt the JVM takes more than 13 seconds to start, even on a slow
> machine.

This may seem like a reasonable assumption, but it really isn't that 
simple. Read up on how the JVM/Hotspot works, it's interesting stuff really.


Isak

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> cheers
> 
> Simon
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