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The author should start writing a game in java. The author should start writing a heavy matrix calculations in java. The author should start implementing

by TeeWEE 11y ago

The author should start writing a game in java. The author should start writing a heavy matrix calculations in java. The author should start implementing a small command-line tool ine java (grep?) All these use-cases is where Java fails miserably. Pick to right tool for the job. Is still the right answer.

wbillingsley 11y ago
> The author should start writing a game in java. Minecraft did alright...
- andresmanz 11y ago
  It did alright on PC. The problem I see there is that they had to reimplement it in C++/C# for other platforms, causing the updates to be way behind. Maybe I got that one wrong, but wasn't there some announcement that they'd switch to C++ in the PC version as well? I'd like to add, though, that I don't generally see a problem with programming games in Java. I just prefer C++ for that, with portability being only one of the reasons.
  - aryamaan 11y ago
    In what ways cpp is portable and Java is not?
    - andresmanz 11y ago
      Usually, game consoles and handhelds don't have a JVM installed. I don't see the point in porting (parts of) a JVM to these platforms for your games, especially considering the little benefit (if any at all) that would offer.
      - nunobrito 11y ago
        Ironically to what you mention, Java was designed with embedded devices in mind and particularly popular as game deployment platform for old phones. Virtually any cheap phone (non-smartphone) comes with Java ME available. Nowadays you find Android and the millions of Java-based games on the play store.
pjmlp 11y ago
> The author should start writing a game in java. League of legends > The author should start writing a heavy matrix calculations in java. https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/porting-gpu-accelerated-applications-power8-systems/ https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/porting-gpu-accel... > The author should start implementing a small command-line tool ine java (grep?) https://bitbucket.org/dimo414/jgrep https://bitbucket.org/dimo414/jgrep

by TeeWEE 11y ago

wbillingsley 11y ago

> The author should start writing a game in java. Minecraft did alright...

andresmanz 11y ago
It did alright on PC. The problem I see there is that they had to reimplement it in C++/C# for other platforms, causing the updates to be way behind. Maybe I got that one wrong, but wasn't there some announcement that they'd switch to C++ in the PC version as well? I'd like to add, though, that I don't generally see a problem with programming games in Java. I just prefer C++ for that, with portability being only one of the reasons.
- aryamaan 11y ago
  In what ways cpp is portable and Java is not?
  - andresmanz 11y ago
    Usually, game consoles and handhelds don't have a JVM installed. I don't see the point in porting (parts of) a JVM to these platforms for your games, especially considering the little benefit (if any at all) that would offer.
    - nunobrito 11y ago
      Ironically to what you mention, Java was designed with embedded devices in mind and particularly popular as game deployment platform for old phones. Virtually any cheap phone (non-smartphone) comes with Java ME available. Nowadays you find Android and the millions of Java-based games on the play store.

pjmlp 11y ago

> The author should start writing a game in java. League of legends > The author should start writing a heavy matrix calculations in java. https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/porting-gpu-accelerated-applications-power8-systems/ https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/porting-gpu-accel... > The author should start implementing a small command-line tool ine java (grep?) https://bitbucket.org/dimo414/jgrep https://bitbucket.org/dimo414/jgrep