On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 05:48, jayvandal <s...@ida.net> wrote: > I was looking at the installation in "Learning clojure" and the batch > file had this statement: > > java -server -cp .;%CLOJURE_JAR% clojure.main > > why is the "server" in the line and what is it referencing??? > Thanks for any help
The Java virtual machine (JVM) can run either in "client" or "server" mode. The server virtual machine's just in time (JIT) compiler generates better performing machine code. The down side is that startup is slower (generating better code is more work), but performance after startup is better (better code runs faster). The byte code Clojure translates to benefits considerably from the optimizations offered by the server virtual machine. Here's a "picture": Clojure source -(Clojure compiler)-> JVM byte code -(JIT Compiler)-> Machine code "java -server" makes "-(JIT Compiler)->" do more work to generate better machine code. // Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
