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Java Urban Performance Legends

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-don't-like-java dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Programmers agonize over whether to allocate on the stack or on the heap. Some people think garbage collection will never be as efficient as direct memory management, and others feel it is easier to clean up a mess in one big batch than to pick up individual pieces of dust throughout the day. This article pokes some holes in the oft-repeated performance myth of slow allocation in JVMs."

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  1. Nonsense by hedge_death_shootout · · Score: 5, Funny

    These java urban performance legends are rubbish - java is highly performant in a rural or urban setting.

  2. Java Urban Performance Legend #1 by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    JVM memory allocation isn't "SLOW". It's just pleasantly unhurried.

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  3. First! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First post here from my Java workstation. Take that!