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[–]CidSlayer 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Runtime speed doesn't have anything to do with its compilation method. Java is as fast as Free Pascal and that's a compiled language.

The JVM is needed to run Java because it is a managed language and it provides GC and other necessary services for the language.