https://blog.turboawesome.win/tags/boxing/ Recent content in Boxing on Bits, Trades & Systems Hugo en-us Wed, 08 Jan 2014 09:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2014/01/scala-on-the-hot-path-where-the-abstraction-cost-goes/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 09:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2014/01/scala-on-the-hot-path-where-the-abstraction-cost-goes/ Scala's abstractions are elegant — but on the JVM, elegance has a bytecode cost. Understanding where Scala generates boxing, closures, and virtual dispatch tells you which patterns are safe in hot paths and which aren't.