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Is there any performance difference on the bytecode generated using the same source on different compilers? Are the comments on the source added into the compiled file? Thanks.
Is there any performance difference on the bytecode generated using the same source on different compilers?
No, not really. In most JVMs, bytecode is further translated into machine code by a JIT or the HoptSpot engine (in Sun's JVMs.) These machine-code translators do further optimization, so the best performance generally comes from the most "typical" code. Most byte-compilers simply try to emit plain, ordinary code which is similar to what javac produces, to make the work of the JIT or HotSpot compiler easier.
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