On Thursday 07 Mar 2002 17:44, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:55:25AM +0000, Gordan Bobic wrote: > > > I have never met anyone equally familiar with > > > both C++ and Java who would agree with you. > > > > I have. In fact, I am one of those people who are pretty much equally > > familliar with C++ and Java. I also work with a bunch of people with > > similar knowledge and experience. Java is 40-50 times slower than C/C++. > > So it takes 40-50 times longer to write the same software in Java that > it does in C++? You may think you are a proficient Java programmer, but > if it takes you that long to write code - trust me - you aren't.
I was talking about the time the program takes to run. But nice comeback, anyway. :-) > Even if you were talking about execution speed (in which case you should > have read my email more carefully), Sorry, you're right. I'll be quiet, shall I. :-( > looking at benchmarks (see > http://web.informatik.uni-bonn.de/II/ag-klein/people/zach/benchmarks/java-v >s-c++.html) even Java's worst performance is just 10 times slower than > optimised C++, and in a networked application like Freenet where most time > is spent waiting on network generated events, this really isn't very > relevant anyway. In my experience, you would be lucky to get a mere 10x speed penalty, but IMHO, that is STILL absolutely appaling... But I agree with what was said previously - let's just stop the language bash and get on with something more productive. :-) Regards. Gordan _______________________________________________ freenet-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/tech
