Why was Java slow and why it got better?
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2163411/why-did-java-have-the-reputation-of-being-slow">Why did java have the reputation of being slow?</a>  </p>
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<p>Why was Java slow and why it got better? What's changed in the architecture?</p>
