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Evaluating Java for Game Development

Posted by michael on from the gotta-be-useful-for-something dept.

Jacob Marner writes: "A large independent university report has just been published that examines whether Java is useful for professional game development."

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  1. Re:Conclusions... by Zach+Garner · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > Say I had two programs...

    But you don't! Instead, you either have a Java one or a C++ one. You don't get to chose. It's the people developing the games that make the choice.

    Two more conclusions from the article:
    1. The slowdown is less [than 20%] in 3D applications.
    2. There is a 65% increase in productivity.

    In addition, this paper makes a note that Java is useful for games that are not tied to performance and for low profile games.

    For these games, the decrease in speed is not important, but the amount of money spent on the project is.

    We've long since passed the point where programmer time is cheaper than hardware time.