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		roncesvalles 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Compiling Java into native binaries with Graal and... There are instances where JVM's dynamically optimized code runs faster than equivalent C code compiled to a native binary. The Hotspot JVM is no joke.

sgammon 11 months ago [–]

It's not either/or. Compiling a Native Image binary gives you the JIT power of the JVM, but with faster warmup time.

Peak-peak performance is not as good as JVM in many cases, but how long does your process actually spend within that space? Native Image can be optimal for many cases

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