been changed. Both the check interval and the ticker used to be
per-thread values. They are now just a pair of global variables. In
addition, the default check interval was boosted from 10 to 100
- bytecode instructions. This may have some effect on systems relied on
- the old default value. In particular, in multi-threaded applications
- which try to be highly responsive, response time will increase by some
- (perhaps imperceptible) amount.
+ bytecode instructions. This may have some effect on systems that
+ relied on the old default value. In particular, in multi-threaded
+ applications which try to be highly responsive, response time will
+ increase by some (perhaps imperceptible) amount.
- When multiplying very large integers, a version of the so-called
Karatsuba algorithm is now used. This is most effective if the