[3592] in java-interest
Re: Java is not slow ! (was: Introduction to Java - Questions)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Herzog)
Thu Nov 16 22:31:50 1995
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 95 17:35:46 CST
From: stg!zog@uunet.uu.net (Chris Herzog)
To: uunet!inria.fr!Anselm.BairdSmith@uunet.uu.net,
uunet!eshop.com!mlorton@uunet.uu.net
Cc: uunet!xetron2.xetron.com!alfv@uunet.uu.net,
uunet!java.Eng.Sun.COM!java-interest@uunet.uu.net
> > Lots of people have been arguing about Java slowness. Well, I don't
> > think it is fair to just say "Java is slow". Has anyone benchmarked Java
> > against other interpreters ?
>
> The standard is NOT "other interpreters", the standard is other
> languages. The interpreter is an implementation detail of no interest
> to the user.
>
> Remember, the person who buys a 3/8" drill-bit does not want a 3/8"
> drill-bit, he wants a 3/8" hole.
This is an internet classic!
> The person who runs a Java program does not want an interpreter, she
> wants whatever-it-is DONE.
That's what it really boils down to.
At the risk of sounding trite, real users (whicha lot of us ain't), don't
care unless something makes their life better. Often times something needs
to be 2-4 times better just to justify a change.
Measurements like this against other things on a _relative_ basis is one
thing - lot's of real world solutions are often judged on absolute basis
where as in the above example, the technology is not the deal but the results
are...
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Chris Herzog Software Technologies Group
zog@stg.com
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