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Oracle introduces free license for GraalVM

by beboplifa on 7/2/23, 9:04 PM with 4 comments

• by turtleyacht on 7/2/23, 11:21 PM

  > 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.

  > Oracle said it will continue to provide GPL-licensed GraalVM Community Edition releases under the same terms as Oracle builds of OpenJDK.

  This feels like a win-win if folks move from OpenJDK 8 and 11 to 17, 20, and beyond.

  Any immediate downsides? (Of course, best thing to do is measure it.)

• by brucethemoose2 on 7/2/23, 9:11 PM

  FINALLY

  Maybe Minecraft will switch to GraalVM now... With some interesting moddability and performance implications.

  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.