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> Java...a great tool for prototyping, but when it came to delivering a high-performance product it often fell short. I think this only been said in the contex

• smoldesu 5y ago
  It really depends. Java isn't bad as server-side software, and there are benefits to using it's runtime. For client-side software though (particularly in 2012-2020), not many commercial PCs could play Minecraft at a decent framerate. Even now, feeding the Java version huge amounts of high-bandwidth memory is the only way to mitigate slowdown, and that still doesn't account for the micro-stuttering that you get when world generation occurs. In the context of Minecraft, it was a pretty obvious mistake. YMMV, but I'd still highly recommend against writing Java software for client-side stuff.
  • shadowofneptune 5y ago
    It's more understandable considering that it started as a Java applet which could be run in the browser.
  • cerved 5y ago
    The jetbrains IDEs are written in Java and they run very nice. I'd wager the micro stuttering is GC?
• tluyben2 5y ago
  We used to prototype game ideas in Java and I know a large embedded software firm who uses Java for prototyping. After it has been shown to work, they port to c/asm.