Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email

Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by mort96 on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @12:34PM (#47589920)

I'm sure GraalVM is nice enough technology but I don't understand why anyone would actively choose to use a JVM from Oracle if they can avoid it.

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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by tombert on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @01:11PM (#47590468)

The Ahead of Time compilation is pretty nice for some stuff. Generally startup time is significantly improved, so if you're writing command line tools in particular it can be cool.

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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by mort96 on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @04:23PM (#47592960)

Most languages I write are ahead of time compiled with pretty good startup time so it's not really a need I have that I feel GraalVM solves?

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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by tombert on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @01:40PM (#47604042)

Yes but Java has historically had pretty long startup times. If you want to write Java specifically then GraalVM is probably still the best option for AOT.

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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by pjmlp on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @02:07AM (#47597398)

OpenJDK is from Oracle as well.

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