While arguing about programming languages with someone they asserted that Java in Windows (or x86 Linux) will always suffer a significant performance penalty compared to a SPARC architecture because ...

It's a commonly asked question in a world where every software developer wants to get the most out of every clock cycle their programs consume. It was also a topic at a Java "Birds of a Feather" ...

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