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Re:Java is better than C++ for high speed trading systems by 2sk21 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:09AM (#25219236)
Interesting but doesn't allocation get slower as the heap increases?
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Re:Java is better than C++ for high speed trading systems by masklinn on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:23AM (#25219343)
Normally yes but that’s mostly a factor of heap fragmentation. It the GC never runs the “old” buffers are always full so you never bother going through them.
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