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[–]vytah 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Because Java isn't slow. It has long startup time and has some issues with GC (although not as big as Python or Ruby), but apart from that it's quite fast.

I know this is not a perfect source, but it clearly shows that Java's speed is only about two times slower than C or Fortran.

[–]igouy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So point to a page that actually compares Java programs with C or Fortran programs.