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Java Faster Than C++?

Posted by michael on from the sacred-cow dept.

jg21 writes "The Java platform has a stigma of being a poor performer, but these new performance benchmark tests suggest otherwise. CS major Keith Lea took time out from his studies at student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York's Tech Valley to take the benchmark code for C++ and Java from Doug Bagley's now outdated (Fall 2001) "Great Computer Language Shootout" and run the tests himself. His conclusions include 'no one should ever run the client JVM when given the choice,' and 'Java is significantly faster than optimized C++ in many cases.' Very enterprising performance benchmarking work. Lea is planning next on updating the benchmarks with VC++ compiler on Windows, with JDK 1.5 beta, and might also test with Intel C++ Compiler. This is all great - the more people who know about present-day Java performance, the better.""

2 of 1,270 comments (clear)

  1. Anyone got a match? by nebaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's some kindling...

    vi is better than emacs
    bsd is better than linux
    gnome is better than kde
    .
    .
    .
    anything else?

    oh yeah...
    my dad can beat up your dad.
    And you smell funny.

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    Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds.There upon the rainbow is the answer to a neverending story
  2. One more... by Rufus88 · · Score: 5, Funny


    anything else?
    Yeah, Kuro5hin is better than Slashdot.