Interpretted JAVA Vs. Compiled VC++: Java Wins!
- Posted by Jack Cat <catjackus at YAHOO.COM> Jan 07, 2001
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Man oh man! Crap! I wasted all my time coding in Eu! Heh? Not realy, but for RDS to claim Euphoria is the fastest interpeter around, is just ABSURD! I never coded in JAVA before, and I don't know JAVA, but while searching the net for some C libraries, I encountered a JAVA site stating that JAVA, interpreted, is nearly as fast as compiled, optimised, C! Using Visual C++! Java is an easy to use interpreted language with garbage collection and run-time error checking. It's multi-platform, open-source, and even has native compilers! Plus several JAVA To C translators! Man, I'm positive Euphoria code, translated to C, will NOT beat interpretted JAVA. Positive. And don't get me started about what kind of performance you get once you COMPILE Java. The fastest JAVA interpreter around, to my knowledge, is Jikes from IBM, and is free, plus Open Source! Create DLLs, web sites, 3D Engines, and even operating systems in JAVA! And it's extremely fast! Actually, how does 60 times faster than Eu sound? I know it's hard to believe, but check out some sites: - Get Jikes (supports Windows 95/NT, AIX, OS/2, Linux and Solaris Sparc), aswell as other JAVA interpretters, for free! Some JAVA Vs. VC++ benchmarks (Only 7% slower on Floating Point operations!), and some other crap. But now let's get down to business shall we? I remember Robert once saying you couldn't find a faster interpretter than Euphoria. Why is JAVA out there then? Why is it free, portable, open-source, safe, extensive, developer supported, garbage collected, sequence bearing, and easy to use? I'm beginning to think Java realy did drop in popularity because of bad critique from crappy developers that hate Sun Microsystems. You know what? I'll do all yall the favor of translating all Euphoria benchmarks to Interpreted JAVA, and let's see, once and for all, who's the fastest baby on the block. Mike The Spike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/