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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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