the most thing i do need is the STABILITY & HIGH PERFORMANCE..i don't know which best supplies these two features..C++ or Java & which platform if Linux distro,Unix is recommended but is it really the best??
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Oct 10, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Daniel Eggleston wrote: > > > Java will never be able to beat C++'s performance, but I've heard > > it's generally easier to develop for. It all depends on what you > > need to do. Will this have a graphical interface? If yes, I'd go > > java, there are much simpler graphical toolkits available. Is it a > > web app? Then it doesn't much matter which. Does it need to be > > cross platform? If yes, I'd almost certainly go with Java. > > > > Are C++ and Java the only two you are limited to? I personally > > prefer python if time to market is a big deal. > > Having used both, I'd suggest Java. It's more stable and proffers > better transaction atomicity, as well as comprehensive database > support. The development tools are also vastly superior to everything > else I've ever seen on the C++ end of the spectrum (you Visual Studio > pinheads can kiss my Eclipse!). > > True, Java isn't quite as fast, but if you stick to Java 5 and 6 the > performance is really quite impressive, and the better networking and > threading support will allow you to easily distribute your load across > a grid of machines if you really end up needing the power. > > Overall Java will give you a better total cost of ownership, primarily > because adding more computers is cheap; spending more time fixing > billions of C++ bugs is crazy expensive in terms of raw employee time. > > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman | John 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/ | http://lordsauron.wordpress.com/ > > > > > -- Ala'a Ibrahim Mohamed. 4th Grade Computer Science Department Faculty of Computers & Information Systems Helwan University. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
