unfortunately, java indeed is a performance hog in various areas - and just by saying "it is not", you're not going to burst anyone's bubble ;)
Benchmarks can be found all over the web, don't take *my* word for it. ;)
i won't even mention java GUI programs. it could be that you can write a GUI program in java that'll not appear slagish (i've seen some minimalistic java applets that run quite fast) - but looking at the various GUI programs i have met so far, it looks like it is much harder to achieve this with java, then with C++ (or C).
sorry - you did not burst "my bubble" just yet :P~~
Well, I happen to work at a place and in a team of programmers responsible for a very *heavy* sort of speak system. I'm sorry to tell you this again but if we can do image manipulations at run-time and have a very robust GUI then I'd say that kind of nullifies your claim.
yes, Java will never be like optimized C++ but people should try to leave their prejudice behind.
And yes, excellent GUI in Java is hard to get right. True, the GUI in Java is easy to code and manipulate even so an inexperienced programmer can do it easily, but it won't run well. SWING was designed to be used by pros but it will also work with beginners.
I don't have to tell you that MFC for example is far from reaching this level. MFC not convincing enough ? How about Qt or GTK+ ? Whichever toolkit you'd prefer, if it's based on C/C++, we're talking harder work.
And btw, writing good C++ code in comparison to writing good Java code is at least an order of magnitude tougher. At the very least it is significantly harder.
Regards, Eli
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