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> "If he says Java is slower than C at this, then Java is slower than C at this." Yes. I like how you qualify the statement. Furthermore, on the C side you hav
by huherto 15y ago
> "If he says Java is slower than C at this, then Java is slower than C at this."
Yes. I like how you qualify the statement. Furthermore, on the C side you have Linus and other C gurus that really, really know how to exploit the strengths of the C language.
- yassim 15y agoI would also expect them to know how it works _all_ the way down through the OS, which can also have an impact on performance. IE, they know how the supporting systems operate thus can make further assumptions/optimisations.
- willy1234x1 15y agoHe actually qualified it before that part of his comment. >Shawn is a performance-obsessed Java expert, Eclipse committer and longtime Google coder who works on JGit.