Thx for that. Java and scala-specifically, it's a pretty high-dimension space. Background:

http://www.elis.ugent.be/JavaStats

http://www.bestinclass.dk/index.clj/2010/02/benchmarking-jvm...

http://isthisclojure.blogspot.com/2011/02/benchmark-clojurej...

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AS8emH3-FLt3ZGRtbWJ...

Examples of benchmarks gone awry:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6146182/why-is-my-scala-c...

http://groups.google.com/group/scala-language/browse_thread/...