Java Vs. C#: Which Performs Better In the 'Real World'?

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 17, 2013 @03:04AM from the oh-you-tease dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Software developer Jeff Cogswell writes: 'Let's compare Java and C#, two programming languages with large numbers of ardent fans and equally virulent detractors. I'm not interested in yet another test that grindingly calculates a million digits' worth of Pi. I want to know about real-world performance: How does each language measure up when asked to dish out millions of Web pages a day? How do they compare when having to grab data from a database to construct those pages dynamically? The results were quite interesting.' Having worked as a professional C# programmer for many years, Cogswell found some long-held assumptions challenged."

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Re:Just do it all in C++ by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 03:36 · Score: 0, Troll

Sounds great, except it is in C++...
Re:Batman by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 03:55 · Score: 0, Troll

I've had that argument before. We agreed Batman is a Pedophile and left it at that.
Re:Language is hardly relevant by Dcnjoe60 · 2013-01-17 05:11 · Score: -1, Troll

Well you know what they say "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." Is it any surprise that a group of educators would want their system based on Windows, even if it is not the best platform? Public education has been indoctrinated into the Microsoft ecosystem through grants and free software. So, why would they even consider a non-Microsoft platform for their infrastructure, even if Microsoft is the non-standard platform?
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