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JVM Performance Engineering: Inside OpenJDK and the HotSpot Java Virtual Machine
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JVM Performance Engineering: Inside OpenJDK and the HotSpot Java Virtual Machine

by Monica Beckwith
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
12h 57m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 1

The Performance Evolution of Java: The Language and the Virtual Machine

More than three decades ago, the programming languages landscape was largely defined by C and its object-oriented extension, C++. In this period, the world of computing was undergoing a significant shift from large, cumbersome mainframes to smaller, more efficient minicomputers. C, with its suitability for Unix systems, and C++, with its innovative introduction of classes for object-oriented design, were at the forefront of this technological evolution.

However, as the industry started to shift toward more specialized and cost-effective systems, such as microcontrollers and microcomputers, a new set of challenges emerged. Applications were ballooning in terms of ...

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ISBN: 9780134659954