Re: PL/java?

* "Alex Knight" <knight@phunc.com> wrote:
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| Even when compiled into bytecode, Java is much slower than C/C++ when

Well, compiling into bytecode is what you always do on the Java platform.
There are some native compilers as well for the Java _language_,
but these do not produce faster code than what you get with the best
of breed just in time compilers.


| bechmarked... However, Java does what I need it to. But just to clarify,
| the "myth" continues on about "slowness."

Feel free to live in the dark.

Why do you think IBM jumped on the Java wagon ? Because they needed
some cute applets on their desktops ?

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/news/05jun2000.htm


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