What JVM features can reduce the running time of Java applications?

I have heard that the JIT compiler and inline functions are some implementations to reduce the running time of Java applications.

Are there any other ways t开发者_JAVA技巧o use the JVM to reduce the running time of Java applications?

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The Wikipedia page for Java Performance has a lot of content on it about how the JVM works and is optimized. There are many linked pages there too, for more information.

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The JIT has many ways to optimize your code. There is a page about it on the Oracle website. There are plently of other articles about Java optimizations, just search the web.

There is also a list of JVM options you can change to tweak the performance of the JVM here