The trend of finally adopting AOT on OpenJDK and .NET (NGEN is just for faster startup) kind of prove the point they should have offered AOT since v1.0 instead of leaving it to third parties.
Another example is the ongoing efforts to improve their support for value types.
A 20 years delay to catch up with what Common Lisp, Eiffel, Modula-3 and Oberon variants already offered in those days.
Another example is the ongoing efforts to improve their support for value types.
A 20 years delay to catch up with what Common Lisp, Eiffel, Modula-3 and Oberon variants already offered in those days.