Yeah, agreed. On Dec 19, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Brandon Williams <dri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can agree with you on Java, but the JVM is a different matter. It is > wonderful. > > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Oscar Bonilla <6f6...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Roman, >> >> I would start with figuring out exactly how much performance you’re losing >> because of the language and whether there is lower hanging fruit. For the >> record, I *hate* java, but my experience in performance work has taught me >> that with some exceptions, it’s rarely the language where the performance >> sink is. >> >> Do you have any data that points to Java as being a performance problem? >> >> Cheers, >> >> -Oscar >> >> On Dec 19, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Roman Vasilyev <rvasil...@netflix.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Never will say that Erlang will be faster and memory consumption will be >> lower than native code. Rest of it totally agree with Brandon, in a few >> words I'm talking about serious parallel project on improving Cassandra >> basics. >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Andy Cobley" <acob...@computing.dundee.ac.uk> >>> To: "<dev@cassandra.apache.org>" <dev@cassandra.apache.org>; "Roman >> Vasilyev" <rvasil...@netflix.com> >>> Sent: 12/19/2013 11:40:55 AM >>> Subject: Re: C* engine >>> >>>> The question just as easily be asked, why not rewrite it in Erlang ? >> Probably lots of advantages to be gained there, the ability to upgrade on >> the fly, native message passing, functional programming paradigm ? >>>> >>>> But as Brandon says, you would be throwing away so much work, would it >> be worth it ? >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19 Dec 2013, at 19:22, Roman Vasilyev <rvasil...@netflix.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Don't want to rise "holy war". Just let me share my crazy thoughts. >>>>> I believe it could improve Cassandra speed and robustness. >>>>> >>>>> What people will say if I propose to have Cassandra engine written in >> C/C++, and this engine will give you ability to run extensions in Java, >> Groovy and bunch other languages like Perl/Python/Ruby? >>>>> >>>>> I just want to understand for myself does this solution will be useful >> or I'm looking in wrong direction? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for reading. >>>> >>>> >>>> The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >>
