Is Java a slow language?

You can have a look for yourself at the Computer Language Benchmarks Game:

Various approaches to detailed analysis:


All in all, we can conclude that neither Java, nor it's much higher level sibling, Scala deserves a reputation for being slow, though memory usage does show room for improvement. However, I would look forward to seeing results of the game tests ran under different virtual machines.

I am working on a post about efficient high level embedded programming (including Java), so do stay tuned!

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