Lots of our friends keep on asking, why to use Java SE 5.0 or Java SE 6. And most of the time you need to reply something impressive, then only they will start using it and can understand more benefits. I was reading the gradual performance improvement in JDK versions which is quite interesting. Java has spotted all its reason to being slow (very nice article, which speaks why Java is slow than C++) and optimized those on max level. One of the reasons mentioned in this article was Lots of Casts. And that’s true, a good, big project code goes about millions of cast checking in Java and off course need attention for optimization. JDK 5 and onwards has done a fast subtype checking in Hotspot VM. This blog is dedicated on a small talk on the same, for detail read this article written by John and Cliff.