Hi Howard JSF 2.1 is java 1.6 compatible. In this case, an improvement in the JVM will affect all frameworks in the same way, so a change using java 7 or 8 will not affect the relative differences.
Regards, Leonardo. On Jul 17, 2013 1:32 PM, "Howard W. Smith, Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > First of all, kudos for the following blog/post: > > JSFCentral - Understanding JSF 2.0 Performance - Part 3[1] > > I started reading this, and not done yet. > > >> Instead, it's more interesting to check the ability of a web framework > to deal with effects like concurrency and get an idea of the overhead > involved in using a web framework against the fastest possible solution in > Java. > > So far, I'm seeing, possibly, latest releases of open source software used > in the test...except for the JDK. Does 'fastest possible solution in Java' > = JDK6.0.30? > > JDK7 has been available for quite some time and I know I'm using JDK7 > (latest version, always), and JDK8 is out there and around the corner. > > Is there any reason why Java = JDK6.0.30 in the tests? > > > [1] > http://www.jsfcentral.com/articles/understanding_jsf_performance_3.html >

