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Re:Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the f... by phplovesong on Saturday March 28, 2026 @03:00AM (#47552276)
You cant seriously compare JVM to the Go runtime. The JVM is on another level in size, complexity and bulkiness and size for a "compiled binary".

The Go runtime is mostly just for goroutines and other runtime stuff, like relection etc.

A go hello world binary is around 1mb, while the java one is (with a jre) up and around 50mb.

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