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Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7?

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From Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm>
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Subject Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7?
Date Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:03:42 +0100
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Jan Burse schrieb:
>>  Thought experiment: If the next JVM patch improves the JIT so
>> sparse `switch' blocks on `char' values are compiled more efficiently,
>> is that a change in the "semantics" of `switch'?
>
> Yes its a bigger potato than before. The potato
> has changed. For example the compiler will accept
> certain programs which he didn't accept before.
>
> And this acceptance is not on grounds of syntax,
> but on grounds of allowed types in the switch
> argument. So if you accept that types are closer
> to semantics, sorry potatos, than well you might
> also accepts that this switch change concerns
> potatos.

Oops, correction. I was reading "char" as string.
No compiler optimizations are usually semantics
preserving. Are not really considered as semantic
changes of a language construct.

Bye

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  Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-11-05 04:36 -0800
    Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2014-11-05 08:23 -0800
      Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-05 20:47 +0100
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          Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-05 21:37 -0500
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                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-11-06 08:48 +0100
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-06 15:09 +0100
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-06 09:50 -0500
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-06 18:21 +0100
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-06 18:34 +0100
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-06 23:03 +0100
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-06 17:21 -0500
                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-07 00:07 +0100
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                Re: Java 7 vs 8 speed issues on Win7? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-08 11:28 +0100
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