----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hulse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: What is the price using java servlets (speed ?)
> From: Ronnie Valkky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >I yesterday discussed with an american company, whi claims to be the ONLY
> >public internet company making profit. They have large set of C++
classes,
> >they operated globally, guy said java is too SLOW for them !
>
You may have some degradation in overall performance in terms of brute speed
but then you gain the ability to have portable code, rapid development,
security,
flexibility (where does C++ have something like jsp in it?) and scalability.
C++ can generate fast code sure but it can also cause huge security
problems,
it is non portable, it can be terribly hard to maintain and you don't have
the kind
of flexibility that Java offers.
If you want brute speed + Java buy a bigger machine or even distribute your
components
across several machines easily (try that with C++ easily).
I have used many different environments as a developer of software for the
web and C++ was
one of the worst because of the turnover times involved, not to mention I
was tied to the platform.
Portabilty of code is pretty much essential as well, especially if you are
planning on marketing the product
to several platforms. I would take perl or php3 over C++ all the time.
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