Minecraft is a special case because it works differently than many other games. However, it's hardly a poster boy for the awesome speed of the java platform. Fo

Minecraft is a special case because it works differently than many other games. However, it's hardly a poster boy for the awesome speed of the java platform. For one, performance (measured in fps) is highly variable on the same hardware from release to release. As far as scripting languages used in game platforms, it's one thing to use a scripting for minor tasks within a system written in other languages, it's something else entirely to write an entire game in that language.