Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:46:22 11/15/02
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On November 15, 2002 at 04:31:11, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On November 14, 2002 at 20:15:44, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>Also JAVA will *never* be as fast as c(++), no *matter* the implementation. > >Care to elaborate on that? What 'feature of Java' or 'language construct' >doesn't allow Java to be as fast as C++? None. Sentences with "never" or "always" are false 99.99999% of the time. Good rule to remember... > >The only thing I can see at the moment is the fact that in Java all methods are >virtual, whereas in C++ you can (I'd say 'have to') define which methods are >virtual and which are not. But the speed advantage of non-virtual methods is not >really that big... (basically it's just one more pointer-indirection) > >Btw: The speed of Java is not as bad as many believe. But somehow it stays in >peoples heads forever, no matter what. Similarly to cookies in web-programming, >which will stay 'dangerous' for all time. > >Sargon
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