[geeks] Misuse of Java

[Jonathan C Patschke]

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 08:40 AM, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> I suspect that it is bad programming on the part of the java
> programmers, since I've seen fast, responsive java programs on machines
> much slower than a U1.

That's my feeling, as well.  Java code doesn't -have- to be slow.  It's 
inherently slower then the equivalent binary object code, but there's a 
lot to be said for optimizing your application, whether it's 
interpreted, byte-compiled, or object-compiled.

> Now, this was pre swing, so maybe that makes a difference.

Swing is a big detriment to performance.  However, it's (arguably) 
prettier and definitely more consistent than AWT.  That said, I can't 
believe that most of the installer's slowness is due to Swing; there 
just isn't that much UI there!

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Jonathan C. Patschke
Celestrion Information Systems
Thorndale, TX