[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:29 PM, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
>>    If you want speed, write in C.  If you want binary-level 
>> portability
>> and EXTREMELY rapid app development, write in Java.  If you want to 
>> get
>> a free membership to the local prepubescent-kids-only Linux club, 
>> write
>> in C++.  It's as simple as that.
>
> You know, there are more than a few fast C++ programs out there.  I
> don't have exact names handy, but for one thing a lot of video games 
> for
> all platforms are written in C++ (and then there was the Crash 
> Bandicoot
> games, and Jax and Daxter.  Those were written largely in lisp with C 
> or
> C++ extensions).  C++ is just like C.  You write a clean algorithm, and
> if it's still not fast enough, you profile it to find what's causing 
> the
> trouble, and perhaps you then remove usage of a C++ feature from a
> certain area.

   Would you say this is the normal procedure for the developers of, 
say, KDE?

        -Dave

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