Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 29, 2005 04:04 AM
You really need to get beter informed on Java. Java is quite a bit more portable than most other compiled languages out there. I've run Java apps on Linux, Windows and OSX with only minor changes (just having to change hardwired paths among the systems).
Java code now executes faster (with the server JIT compiler) than C++ code compiled by G++ (-O3), though it still trails the Intel C++ compiler (haven't had a chance to test MSVC++ yet).
Java IS a memory pig however, I'll grant you that. Hopefully there will be future work to fix this.
C++ developers seem to be under the impression that Java developers are all newbies out of their freshman course in college. I've programmed in C++ for 7 years now and there is no question which language is more maintainable and more productive. Wall Street isn't running on C++. Ebay isn't running on C++. C++ rocked Java's world in performance 3 or 4 years ago, but Java has gotten better and C++ hasn't.
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Re:Time to fork I guess
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 29, 2005 04:04 AMJava code now executes faster (with the server JIT compiler) than C++ code compiled by G++ (-O3), though it still trails the Intel C++ compiler (haven't had a chance to test MSVC++ yet).
Java IS a memory pig however, I'll grant you that. Hopefully there will be future work to fix this.
C++ developers seem to be under the impression that Java developers are all newbies out of their freshman course in college. I've programmed in C++ for 7 years now and there is no question which language is more maintainable and more productive. Wall Street isn't running on C++. Ebay isn't running on C++. C++ rocked Java's world in performance 3 or 4 years ago, but Java has gotten better and C++ hasn't.
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