Re: [Hampshire] [Tech] The 'speed of a language'

> Things like the Hot Spot compiler in Java, which can re-optimise
> byte code as the program is running depending on how its actually
> being used can complicate things (ending up with Java performing
> better than C in *some* circumstances).

This is something that is particularly relevant for large applications,
such as ERP systems, financial apps etc. Having a hot spot complier that
can re-optimise the part of the system that is actually being used can
lead to some nice performance gains.

That kind of technology can also be useful when an application ends up
being used in a completely different way to the way the developers
originally expected.

That's one of the problems with performance optimisation. You cannot
optimise everything (for a large software project you never have time) so
you have to work on the areas you think are important / used the most. Of
course if you get the wrong areas, then it doesn't help ;).