# Java: Performance

The initial, interpreted, versions of Java were quite slow. There was a large increase in performance after JIT (Just In Time) compilation became the norm. Java is approaching, or even surpassing, the performance of C/C++ in some cases. See the references below for a discussion of the issues.

### References

- Performance of Java versus C++ (www.idiom.com/~zilla/Computer/javaCbenchmark.html) This is much more than a comparison of Java and C++ performance; it discussions the underlying factors that are involved in performance differences.