> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Java 1.6 > > I don't believe that javac has undergone significant upgrades through > the years...
Actually, it has, but the big improvements were between 1.3 and 1.5. The javac in Java SE 6 doesn't appear to be much different from that in 1.5 in terms of efficiency of the generated byte codes. > I would bet that each release of the JVM gets leaner and meaner. Definitely meaner, in that the JITs do produce better code. I certainly wouldn't describe either of the HotSpot JITs as "lean". (The server compiler was the basis for a several hundred-page PhD thesis a few years ago :-) - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
