Fast, Open Alternative to Java

Posted by michael on Friday September 14, 2001 @02:46PM 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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The answer to my prayers.. by lukel · 2001-09-15 04:21 · Score: 1, Redundant

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.
I've been living in a cave for 5 years praying for exactly this. I like java, the problem is it's so slow it wouldn't even run benchmarks. What's more, without being able to see the source code, how can you be sure Sun isn't using it to spy on you. The other thing I love about free software is how it is always well designed and bug free. Those guys at Sun and IBM think spending billions on R&D will somehow result in better software. It amazes how stupid they are: they just don't get it.