Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ Donn Miller ] on Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:52 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Java on Linux vs MS-Win XP
>>>
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>>> | Why is launching and executing a Java program so much faster under Linux
>>> | than Win-XP? I don't know. In my more paranoid moments, I wonder ifM
>>> | icrosoft has deliberately crippled the performance of Java under Win-XP.
>>> | Microsoft hates the popularity of Java. It's not their own dot net
>>> | platform, and we all know that Microsoft wants to own and control
>>> | everything.
>>
>> But then again, who really makes extensive use of Java? Most
>> programmers these days prefer to do everything in C and C++, it seems.
>
> Judging by SourceForge (maybe FreshMeat as well), this may not be the case.
> It is commonly argued that OSS programmers have an affinity for the
> simplicity of Java, which is increasingly used in CS education. This
> includes myself. C++ is just harder to learn. There is a cost to
All things worth knowing are not easy to learn. Java teaches kids to
forget about the CPU cycle IMO - this is never a good thing ans is why
so many apps written in Java are huge cranky and slow.
> presumptuous, automated programming. For good and properly-optimised
> code,
Java is far more presumptous & automated than C++.
> machine code is the best bar none, provided that you can cope with the
> complexity.
Very few people code in assembler : C provides a great optimised
"inbetween". Also noone in SW would say MC is "good" or "properly
optimised" either - often the C compiler knows best. You have to really
know your stuff to write clean, readable optimised machine code these days.
>
> Good read:
>
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html
>
> The Perils of JavaSchools
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