I'm sure GraalVM is nice enough technology but I don't understand why anyone would actively choose to use a JVM from Oracle if they can avoid it.

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tombert 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

The Ahead of Time compilation is pretty nice for some stuff. Generally startup time is significantly improved, so if you're writing command line tools in particular it can be cool.

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mort96 3 days ago | parent [-]

Most languages I write are ahead of time compiled with pretty good startup time so it's not really a need I have that I feel GraalVM solves?

	▲	tombert 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes but Java has historically had pretty long startup times. If you want to write Java specifically then GraalVM is probably still the best option for AOT.

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pjmlp 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

OpenJDK is from Oracle as well.