I read that line as a indication that Java wasn't his go-to language and he just wasn't as comfortable with Java. Sort of a "wow I did better than I thought."

I read that line as a indication that Java wasn't his go-to language and he just wasn't as comfortable with Java. Sort of a "wow I did better than I thought." I would imagine anyone capable of building three versions of a unique renderer would know that java can be pretty fast. Just playing devils advocate.