[3653] in java-interest
Re: Java is not slow ! (was: Introduction to Java - Questions)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Black)
Tue Nov 21 18:03:21 1995
From: Ben Black <benb@velocity.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 95 11:17:12 -0600
To: Michael Lorton <mlorton@eshop.com>
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Reply-To: black@velocity.com
>(In seriousness, even ignoring portability, Java is still tres cool --
>it is the only strongly-typed AND true-OO language I know of -- but
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Eiffel springs to mind. I'm sure there are others out there.
>many massively cool languages swirl down the tubes every year. It is
>the portability and interpretability that gives Java its marketing
>legs.)
very true. dynamic native compilation would give java performance similar to
C++ without sacrificing that wonderful portability and interpretability (what
an ugly word). just an implementation issue :).
ben
black@velocity.com
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