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From: Raistlin (raistlin_at_gioco.net)
Date: Mon Oct 14 2002 - 16:35:47 CDT

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    > Definitely not java.

    I agree, up to a point, but some of your premises are wrong:

    > but in the end you'll be doomed by the overhead of the
    > virtual machine no matter what.

    You are jumping into a classical confusion between the language-java and the
    JVM. Java can also be compiled to platform-specific code ;) and JIT
    compilers are remarkably efficient at optimizing the bytecode only once at
    program startup.

    Actually, probably writing in C++ is still better for performance, however
    this bond is not as ineliminable as it seems.

    > Also, I'm not sure that java will quite
    > have all the functionality you'll need.

    There are no functionalities actually lacking in java.

    Stefano "Raistlin" Zanero
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