I agree, JAVA is shamefully slow, and for cross-platform web applications, PHP is a great alternative. Especially now that PHP can be compiled.
For GUI applications, QT is probably the best. We recently completed a port of our Windows apps to QT. The binary sizes and speeds are the same as their C++/WIN32 couterparts. In addition, coding a GUI app in QT is a lot easier than coding in MFC or JAVA. Finally, native, efficient and small cross-platform binaries are produced (8MB of C++ code fits in a diskette once compiled with no external dependencies i.e. runtime environments, DLL's or shared object libraries not present in the target OS). 2 centavos worth... On Wednesday 22 October 2003 20:14, Winelfred G. Pasamba wrote: > my opinion against java: > > java is generally a lot slower, and when the reason we use computer is for > speed, i don't know why java is a solution. > > the only great new thing in java is cross-platform binary compatibility. > but despite of the great idea and technology behind this it solves only a > problem that happens once in a blue moon. > > i mean we need speed everyday but we only need cross-platform binary > compabitility once in about 2 years. so it seems quite illogical to me. > > while PHP grows naturally because it solves problems easily, java needs > much press hype, academic requirement, and commercial push to get where it > is now. > > i'm not totally against java, the function names are nice, the > organization is perfect, and yes its free too :) > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
