>Sorry, Java has many advantages. Speed isn't one of them. This is part of my problem, very few who don't have to confront the challenges or disadvantages of t

>Sorry, Java has many advantages. Speed isn't one of them. This is part of my problem, very few who don't have to confront the challenges or disadvantages of their technology of choice seem willing to acknowledge them. That is a dire problem in what is ostensibly an engineering discipline. We don't get to say concrete has higher tensile strength than steel just because we think concrete is the best thing ever. That programmers can't even agree on basic notions of what's true does a lot to discredit our field.