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Java Faster Than C++?
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Institute in upstate New York's Tech Valley to take the benchmark code for C++ and Java from Doug Bagley's now outdated (Fall 2001) "Great Computer Language Shootout" and run the tests himself.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.""
...but accordiing to the unbiased and objective Microsoft study, Java under Linux on a 3090 mainframe is still more expensive to run than NT Server 5 on a whitebox machine with dot net. What do they say to that? Hell, I'll stick with coding in whitespace. What do y'all think of this routine: K
The Kai's Semi-Updated Website Thingy
vi = editor
emacs = os
Why are you comparing them to each others?
And like any other congregation of people, Slashdot attracts a particular demographic, which in this case consists of barely-literate baboons who think that by virtue of being able to admin linux boxen their nuts are elephantine, indeed titanic compared to others.
Everyone likes to think they don't fit into that category. Everyone likes to think they're a beautiful , unique snowflake... but they do, and they're not.
The truth of the matter is that there is such a thing as a stereotypical slashdothead, and the stereotypical slashdork doesn't read the article, nor does he follow useful links.
Instead of sticking your fingers in your ears and pretending that this is a troll, and slashdot is filled with some random sampling of people (only part of which are morons), why not admit to the fact that slashdot _is_ full of morons and try _doing_ something about it? For example:
Stop modding up goatse boys. It's not funny. It never was.
Bring the whole American/European pissing contest in every thread to a screeching halt.
Instead of posting under threads where you have no damn earthly reason to be doing so by virtue of your crass ignorance of the topic at hand, try sticking to topics you _do_ know something about.
When Taco-head posts a dup... don't bother reaming him in the forums... he doesn't read those either.
If the Slashdotties could just follow these simple rules, it'd make the world a better place, with pretty pink flowers and unicorns!
Sadly, I'm once again seriously disappointed in java.
Bah. In Russia Java is disappointed by you!