The non-Java JVM languages tend to be more concise (less verbose) than Java. Almiray showed the common JavaBean example written in Java and said we have come to rely on IDEs because of the pain ...

For both short- and long-term allocations, the C++ program is considerably faster than the Java program running on any JVM. Short-term allocations have been one focus area for optimization in HotSpot.

JVM languages -- programming languages that run on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), such as Kotlin, Clojure, Groovy and Scala -- are increasingly popular with software developers that seek Java-like ...