Preface
Performance has been one of the dominant concerns hovering around Java from its infancy. Regardless of an order of magnitude speedup resulting from just-in-time (JIT) compilers, HotSpot, and other advances in JVM technology, the performance issue is still a legitimate concern. The reality facing Java programmers is that it is very easy to write slow Java programs. Java is a performance mine field and expert guidance is a must.
Given the importance of performance to Java developers, it is somewhat surprising that no book has been dedicated to this important topic. Almost any other Java-related issue has had multiple books dedicated to it—RMI, JNI, JDBC, threads, networking, and the list goes on. Conspicuously absent has been Java performance. ...
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