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Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>>> I vote we stick with C. Java is slower and more prone to environmental
>>> problems.
>> not really. because of its JIT compiler, Java is often as fast as
>> C/C++, and sometimes
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Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Mauro Tortonesi wrote:
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>> not really. because of its JIT compiler, Java is often as fast as C/C++, and
>> sometimes even significantly faster.
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> And GCJ can be asked to compile Java to native mach
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David Ginger wrote:
> On Friday 30 November 2007 03:38:54 Micah Cowan wrote:
>> David Ginger wrote:
>>> On Friday 30 November 2007 01:03:06 Micah Cowan wrote:
David Ginger wrote:
> What I'm looking at wget for is saving streamed mp3 from a rad
On Friday 30 November 2007 14:48:07 David Ginger wrote:
> > what do you think?
>
> Python.
i was asking what you guys think of my "write a prototype using a dynamic
language then incrementally rewrite everything in C" proposal, and not trying
to start yet another programming language flame war
On Friday 30 November 2007 13:45:08 Mauro Tortonesi wrote:
> On Friday 30 November 2007 11:59:45 Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> > Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >> I vote we stick with C. Java is slower and more prone to environmental
> > >> problems.
> > >
> > > not really. because of its
On Friday 30 November 2007 11:59:45 Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> I vote we stick with C. Java is slower and more prone to environmental
> >> problems.
> >
> > not really. because of its JIT compiler, Java is often as fast as
> > C/C++, and sometimes even s
On Friday 30 November 2007 03:38:54 Micah Cowan wrote:
> David Ginger wrote:
> > On Friday 30 November 2007 01:03:06 Micah Cowan wrote:
> >> David Ginger wrote:
> >>> What I'm looking at wget for is saving streamed mp3 from a radio
> >>> station, crazy but true.. such is life.
> >>
> >> Isn't that
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Mauro Tortonesi wrote:
> not really. because of its JIT compiler, Java is often as fast as C/C++, and
> sometimes even significantly faster.
And GCJ can be asked to compile Java to native machine code too. I think
Java per se would be OK as a programming language if it we
Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I vote we stick with C. Java is slower and more prone to environmental
>> problems.
>
> not really. because of its JIT compiler, Java is often as fast as
> C/C++, and sometimes even significantly faster.
Not if you count startup time, which is crucia
On Friday 30 November 2007 03:29:05 Josh Williams wrote:
> On 11/29/07, Alan Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry for the misunderstanding. Honestly, Java would be a great language
> > for what wget does. Lots of built-in support for web stuff. However, I
> > was kidding about that. wget
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Alan Thomas wrote:
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Honestly, Java would be a great language
for what wget does.
Perhaps, but not for where wget is used: on numerous platforms as a
stand-alone downloadable tool, including on embedded and small-CPU devices.
Environments w
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Josh Williams wrote:
I really like the name `fetch` because it does what it says it does. It's
more UNIX-like than the other names :-)
While I agree that a "unix-like" name is preferable, I just want to point out
that 'fetch' is already used by a http/ftp transfer tool th
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