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  • It's certainly possible for the JIT compiler to treat certain types, especially ones in java.lang, as magical. I'd be surprised if it didn't. Commented Mar 6, 2010 at 3:30
  • how would the primitive type be optimized? Commented Mar 6, 2010 at 3:57