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Re:Java garbage collection can be really slow by na85 on Saturday April 23, 2016 @02:19PM (#11556676)
>Java is not an interpreted language by the way.

Java compiles to native machine code?

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Re:Java garbage collection can be really slow by ysleepy on Saturday April 23, 2016 @02:32PM (#11556736)
Most of the time yes. The JIT will generate machine code for almost all usual code paths after little time.
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Re:Java garbage collection can be really slow by pjmlp on Saturday April 23, 2016 @03:04PM (#11556943)
Yes, it all depends which JDK you make use of.

Apparently many seem to think the OpenJDK is the only option available.

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