<ul><li>Java has traditionally lagged behind Rust and C++ in raw performance, but recent advancements in the JVM ecosystem are closing the gap.</li><li>Rust and C++ outperform Java in certain scenarios due to manual memory management, zero-cost abstractions, direct hardware access, and no JVM overhead.</li><li>Project Panama aims to improve Java's interoperability with native code, reducing the overhead of calling C/C++ libraries and enabling better hardware access.</li><li>The Vector API, part of Project Panama, brings explicit SIMD operations to Java, getting it within ~10% of C++ for vectorized workloads.</li></ul>

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