Java Performance Urban Legends

An anonymous reader writes "Urban legends are kind of like mind viruses; even though we know they are probably not true, we often can't resist the urge to retell them (and thus infect other gullible "hosts") because they make for such good storytelling. Most urban legends have some basis in fact, which only makes them harder to stamp out. Unfortunately, many pointers and tips about Java performance tuning are a lot like urban legends -- someone, somewhere, passes on a "tip" that has (or had) some basis in fact, but through its continued retelling, has lost what truth it once contained. This article examines some of these urban performance legends and sets the record straight."

Comments

Re:hmmm

[fiftyfly]

sigh, I can't believe I misspelled it twice

mod him up

[los furtive]

So pick your posion. If JAVA isn't perfect, that dosen't make it horrible. JAVA is a good language by most standards, but be honest by stating that it isn't good by your standards.

My biggest reason for liking JAVA is that it forces people to stop writing bad C code. Which is exactly what it was designed to do.

Somebody mod this guy up, those are the best lines I've seen all night.

Drying the dog

[Skapare]

How does anyone really know for sure that some urban legend really did not happen? Take the dog drying case. It's certainly plausible, as urban legends do stick around when that is the case. But a microwave oven is actually a lousy way to dry a dog (or anything for that matter). This legend, though, might have been derived from a case in the late 1960's when a woman in Ohio did (try to) dry (and did kill) her dog in a conventional oven.

If you really want to dry your dog safely, you need to get one of these.