Performance Enhancements

Version 1.4 of the Java 2 SDK and Java 2 Runtime Environment contain many performance enhancements including improvements in startup time, memory footprint, and program execution speed. The most significant performance enhancements are detailed below.

Performance Enhancements

• Improvements to Program Execution Speed

See Also

• Improvements to Startup Time and Memory Footprint - These improvements were made in previous release J2SDK 1.3.
• Performance Documentation for the Java Platform (on java.sun.com web site)
• Performance and Scalability Guide (on the java.sun.com web site)
• Performance FAQ (on the java.sun.com web site)
• Java HotSpot VM Options (on the java.sun.com web site)

*As used on this web site, the terms "Java Virtual Machine" or "JVM" mean a virtual machine for the Java platform.