> <i>GraalVM compiles Java applications ahead of time into standalone binaries that start up faster and use less memory and CPU than applications running on the standard OpenJDK JVM.</i><p>> <i>Oracle said it will continue to provide GPL-licensed GraalVM Community Edition releases under the same terms as Oracle builds of OpenJDK.</i><p>This feels like a win-win if folks move from OpenJDK 8 and 11 to 17, 20, and beyond.<p>Any immediate downsides? (Of course, best thing to do is measure it.)
FINALLY<p>Maybe Minecraft will switch to GraalVM now... With some interesting moddability and performance implications.<p>I personally have seen some dev interest in GraalVM compiler development. But it instantly gets sapped away once the devs find out compiler contributions get sucked up into Enterprise Edition.