Re:Java 18 / JDK 18: General Availability
by kevincox on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @02:13PM
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"If you exclude the well performing languages java performs excellently."
But that is what I think OP means. It isn't top tier performance, but it is in the second tier which I wouldn't argue for qualifying for "relatively good".
FWIW I find that languages tend to fall into a couple rough performance groups:
- Native at about x1 performance: C, C++, Rust, Fortran
- Compiled GC at about 2x performance: Java, Go, Haskell, Lisp
- Dynamic at 20-50x native performance: Python, Ruby...
JS is a weird one that varies a lot depending on your workload and can sometimes look similar to compiled GC performance.
But that is what I think OP means. It isn't top tier performance, but it is in the second tier which I wouldn't argue for qualifying for "relatively good".
FWIW I find that languages tend to fall into a couple rough performance groups:
- Native at about x1 performance: C, C++, Rust, Fortran
- Compiled GC at about 2x performance: Java, Go, Haskell, Lisp
- Dynamic at 20-50x native performance: Python, Ruby...
JS is a weird one that varies a lot depending on your workload and can sometimes look similar to compiled GC performance.