Jörg Bullmann wrote: >> HotSpot is another pitfall. If you rewrite your code away from common >> coding patterns, HotSpot may not be able to optimize it as well. That's >> because HotSpot is basically one big pattern matching engine. At least >> that's what I read from a Sun engineer. So if you do stuff in uncommon ways >> it may get worse. > > Oh! Very interesting. I always strive to write minimal and straightforward > code to keep things as simple as possible, but I am honestly not sure how > close to 'common coding' I am or how far from it. > > Any any pointers to shed more light on 'common coding' would be very much > appreciated. > > Cheers, Joerg
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