Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:41:14 +1030 From: Mike Gratton <mike@vee.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ugrade from linux-jdk to native Message-ID: <3C7E3A82.5040502@vee.net> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3BF@l04.research.kpn.com> <20020228140046.E74141@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick wrote: > > Dare I ask what 'hotspot' is? > Hotspot is Sun's high-performance JIT that has been shipping w/ their JREs since 1.3 (IIRC). Like any JIT, it speeds up the execution of your Java bytecode when you run it, and Hotspot is very good at this. I don't know under which circumstances it is true, but apparently using Hotspot can make Java bytecode execute as fast as or faster than natively compiled C++ code. Sorry, no references, this is just what I heard around it's introduction. Mike. -- Mike Gratton <mike@vee.net> "Every motive escalate." Blatant self-promotion: <http://web.vee.net/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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