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Garbage collected languages are fine for the desktop, there's plenty of software written in C# or Java that performs perfectly fine. It's mostly the web stack t
by Denvercoder9 2y ago
Garbage collected languages are fine for the desktop, there's plenty of software written in C# or Java that performs perfectly fine. It's mostly the web stack that tends to be bloated and slow.
- bitwize 2y agoName me a C# or Java desktop program that doesn't have annoying GC pauses or stutters. Name me a C# or Java desktop program that isn't bloated and slow compared to the equivalent C++ program. Programmers choose GC languages because it's what they want, not what users want.
- HappySweeney 2y agoMaptool is written in Java and it runs as fast as anything else I use.