Non-static methods invisibly pass 'this' as an argument. Java can optimize invocation of method calls with less than 3 args. It can matter -- but probably only in super-critical blocks. I almost shouldn't mention it. It really is tiny compared to the design-level concerns.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Saikat Kanjilal <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that static methods are not associated with the this keyword > since they are class level methods. In your initial post you had mentioned > something about critical sections and how static methods improve performance, > do you mean sections that are accessed in a serialized fashion or are you > using the phrase critical section in a different context?
