Process-level fork on OpenJDK...is it madness?

[Jochen Theodorou]

Am 29.11.2011 22:32, schrieb Mark Roos:
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> I just finished a paper (link below) on JVM startup time which states
> that for small programs its around
> 70ms. So I assume there is some other startup time you are trying to
> improve? Or is the
> paper not applicable to the launching of a new process as you describe it?

For the JVM itself that might be true, but in case of for example Groovy 
there is a lot if init work to be done before the first program can be 
executed. And this takes time.

bye Jochen

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