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Fast, Open Alternative to Java

Posted by michael on from the better-mousetrap dept.

DrInequality writes: "For those of you out there who admire the portability of Java but want something faster or open source, the answer to your prayers is finally here. The Internet Virtual Machine is open source, fast and supports C, C++, Java and ObjectiveC. There are some cool demos for Linux (requires Redhat 6.0 or above, and OpenGL 1.2 or Mesa 3.41) here (1.5MB) and for Windows (requires glut32.dll, here) here (1.5MB)." We mentioned this last year; perhaps it has improved. I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in a language as portable as Java but speedier.

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  1. Bullshit by slashdot2.2sucks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Absolute bullshit

    "For numerical computation it rivals C/C++ and can be faster in some cases."

    The fact is, Java is NEVER used in serious numerical compution. Fortran and C are used to a greater extent, with some advocating C++, but nobody, absolutely nobody even considers Java.

    1) Java is far too slow.
    2) All the math libs are already written in Fortran and C, and nobody wants to port.
    2) Most scientists are not fancy programers and don't care too much about OO, garbage collection, and other frills.

    You go to your Physics department and tell them that you want to do 10,000 body Molecular Dynamics in Java and they will laugh your fucking, dumb ass off campus.