GraalVM CE 22.1 Released With Performance Improvements, Apple Silicon Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GraalVM CE 22.1 Released With Performance Improvements, Apple Silicon Support

Oracle this morning published the GraalVM Community Edition 22.1 feature release for this high-performance Java/JDK distribution that also provides runtimes for JavaScript, Python, and other languages...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GraalVM-22.1-Released

[bug77]

You know what would be cool? If they would add support for C/C++ to be run on the GraalVM

Joking aside, I'm trying to keep up with this project, but I still cannot understand the problem it wants to address.

[FireBurn]

You know what would be cool? If they would add support for C/C++ to be run on the GraalVM

Joking aside, I'm trying to keep up with this project, but I still cannot understand the problem it wants to address.

Faster, smaller java

[bug77]

Faster, smaller java

You do faster, smaller Java by properly using the module system and jlink. So far almost nobody has cared for either.

[brucethemoose]

Joking aside, I'm trying to keep up with this project, but I still cannot understand the problem it wants to address.

Running Minecraft servers faster, of course.


And I am only half joking... GraalVM does give a nice speedup with the right flags, though it has some on-and-off issues related to the Java version it targets and Forge mods.

[Sin2x]

OpenJ9 0.32.0 was also released on Friday. And it doesn't have a paid edition where Oracle puts all the neat stuff.

[caligula]

You do faster, smaller Java by properly using the module system and jlink. So far almost nobody has cared for either.

People are still stuck with Java 6, applets, j2ee, web start, and many other legacy technologies.

[bug77]

People are still stuck with Java 6, applets, j2ee, web start, and many other legacy technologies.

For the most part, that's not true anymore. The world has finally moved on... to Java 8

[EmmaJaneBonestell]

OpenJ9 0.32.0 was also released on Friday. And it doesn't have a paid edition where Oracle puts all the neat stuff.

There is no "paid" edition. GraalVM Enterprise Edition is freely distributed. Their only restriction is that one is supposed to pay a licensing fee if using the Enterprise Edition for production/personal use. It's relatively inexpensive if it's not used on a server (like $2 USD.)

[bug77]

There is no "paid" edition. GraalVM Enterprise Edition is freely distributed. Their only restriction is that one is supposed to pay a licensing fee if using the Enterprise Edition for production/personal use. It's relatively inexpensive if it's not used on a server (like $2 USD.)

Tbh it's hard to sell something offering so few useful features.