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Primitives have been part of the Java programming language since its initial release in 1996, and yet they remain one of the more controversial language features. John Moore makes a strong case for keeping primitives in the Java language by comparing simple Java benchmarks, both with and without primitives. He then compares the performance of Java to that of Scala, C++, and JavaScript in a particular type of application, where primitives make a notable difference.

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