Have you looked at scala yet? I don't understand Erlang performance but scala gives you something higher level than Java or C and same performance as Java, which for most long running applications is pretty close to C performance. I'm currently taking a look at it - I'm always on the lookout for a good high level language with good performance.
The thing about C for me is that it always works and it always works well. I don't have a big gripe with java performance for most tasks, but it seems that when you write games like chess and go you invariably end up needing serious control over memory and bits and such. The nice high level abstractions of pretty languages just seem to get in your way it seems. And Java is a real memory hog - a characteristic I'm sure any java based language (such as scala) is going to share. If you want to prototype then you are looking for something that probably still fast and efficient but you are willing to give up some performance for ease of programming - I'll bet you would like Scala if you took the time to learn it. - Don On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Carter Cheng <carter_ch...@yahoo.com>wrote: > I have been considering experimenting with Erlang as a means of prototyping > certain aspects of a computer go program and I was curious if anyone has > tried this already. How does a system like Erlang compare performance wise > to writing something in say C/C++ (fastest) or Java? > > Thanks in advance, > > Carter. > > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >
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