Re:Java is very fast, if you don’t create many objects
by kaba0 on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:13PM
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Eliding a branch makes not only compilation faster, but the resulting code as well. That’s how for example some logging statements become zero-cost when the debug level is set lower than their corresponding one. JIT compiled languages don’t care too deeply about startup, they shine with longer runtimes.
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Re:Java is very fast, if you don’t create many objects
by hbrn on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:40PM
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Are you sure you're not confusing zero-cost with almost zero-cost? Even zerolog talks about negligible costs after most aggressive optimizations, not zero: https://github.com/obsidiandynamics/zerolog
If you're just using constants in your code to set logging level, AOT compilation can do exactly the same optimizations.