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		zmmmmm 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Optimizing Recommendation Systems with JDK's Vecto... The vector API is really interesting but so frustrating that it has taken so long to materialise. The inability of Java to properly utilise parallel compute - whether it's SIMD or GPU - has been a huge factor in dealing it out of being at the forefront of modern compute.

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pjmlp 1 day ago [–]

Tornado VM exists for a few years already.

Additionally you can always do the Python way, write C++ libs, pack them into a jar, and call it a Java library.

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