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Re:We chose Java for our high-frequency trading application by pron on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:32AM (#24896532)
ZGC is at 1-2ms max pause time in JDK 16 and is expected to reach <1ms max pause time within a year.
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Re:We chose Java for our high-frequency trading application by ISL on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:47AM (#24896704)
Isn't this architecture dependent?

It is hard to imagine the same performance on a Pentium Pro.

What is the right processor-independent measure for latencies like this? Number of clock-ticks? That seems flawed, too.

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Re:We chose Java for our high-frequency trading application by walkingolof on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:01AM (#24896869)
Sort of, it you have to have a 64 bit CPU.

Here is a more in-depth article on how it works, using pointer coloring.

https://www.programmersought.com/article/29543432001/

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