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I remember running Java applications on a powerpc g4. It was incredibly slow and ugly, no wonder why developers still preferred objective-c over Java on Mac.

• pjmlp 5y ago
  That was certainly not Apple's Java, as it had good JIT compiler with code cache, and the same L&F than Objective-C applications, that wasn't definitely it.
  • speedgoose 5y ago
    I remember the Java IDE like Eclipse or NetBeans being incredibly slow, and ugly, compared to the same software on similar priced computers running windows or GNU/Linux, or compared to more native software like Xcode or TextMate. But perhaps the powerpc g4 was simply a bad CPU for a JVM and Java developers were not very good at designing UIs for Mac. I also remember having to wait a long time whenever the JVM was starting. It was annoying when a website did contain a Java applet because my web browser would be stuck until the JVM was ready.
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    • pjmlp 5y ago
      Yeah, because they did not made use of the APIs exposed by Apple on their JVM implementation, XCode also did Java back then. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/LanguageIntegration/LanguageIntegration.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000112i https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Co... https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Legacy/JavaBridge/JavaBridge.1.html#BGCDBCJG https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Co... https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/00-Intro/JavaDevelopment.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001911-SW1 https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ja...