[3649] in java-interest
Re: Java is not slow ! (was: Introduction to Java - Questions)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Lorton)
Tue Nov 21 08:12:48 1995
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 14:30:38 -0800
From: Michael Lorton <mlorton@eshop.com>
To: michael@w3media.com
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <199511170839.AAA25253@vv.val.net> (michael@w3media.com)
> ONCE AND FOR ALL YOU GUYS!
>
> If interpreted and used for applets, smaller apps and maybe even networking
> apps, Java (interpreted and on all platforms) will be blazing!!!
Yes, and snails can cover *extremely short distances* in a very short
time.
An interpreter goes a certain speed and whether that speed is adequate
depends on the need. The speed itself does not vary.
As to what "will" happen, I am reminded of _The Maltese Falcon__ when
Casper Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) promises Spade (Bogart) $10,000 and
then pays him on $1000. "We were talking a lot more money than that,"
complains Bogey.
"Yes, but this is genuine coin-of-the-realm, and with one dollar of
this, you can buy ten dollars of talk."
> If compiled for a specific platform, there is barely a difference between
> Java and C/C++.
In speed or in functionality? :->
If I wanted a fast, machine-specific program, I could write in
FORTRAN.
(In seriousness, even ignoring portability, Java is still tres cool --
it is the only strongly-typed AND true-OO language I know of -- but
many massively cool languages swirl down the tubes every year. It is
the portability and interpretability that gives Java its marketing
legs.)
M.
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