G1 garbage collector improvement would also reduce the overhead of the JDK’s C2 optimizing compiler, benefiting cloud-based Java deployments.

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A proposal to change Java’s G1 garbage collector would lower memory and processing overhead, speed up the execution of Java’s C2 optimizing JIT compiler, and reduce JVM overhead for cloud deployments.

Java G1 fix would speed JIT compilation