title: Is Java really slow?
body: <p>Java has <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=java+slow" rel="noreferrer">some degree of reputation for being slow</a>.</p>
  
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  <li>Is Java really slow? </li>
  <li>If yes, why? Where is (or was) the bottleneck? Is it because of inefficient JVMs? Garbage collection? Pure bytecode libraries instead of JNI-wrapped C code? Many other languages have these features, but they don't have this reputation for slowness. </li>
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