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I still smile when people get surprised by the performance of java. A bunch of people remember the loud people yelling "Oh Java is really slow and sluggish" whi
by tetha 13y ago
I still smile when people get surprised by the performance of java. A bunch of people remember the loud people yelling "Oh Java is really slow and sluggish" while whispering "as long as you compare it to C++ with arbitrary optimization time, in a good use case". Truth is, java can be darned fast if you want it to be.
- frou_dh 13y agoJava-based GUI applications often being ugly and sluggish perhaps unfairly tainted the reputation of the language and VM.
- pjmlp 13y agoMostly because they were developed by programmers that failed to understand how to proper use Swing. It is incredible how, regardless of programming language and UI toolkit, people still take the easy root and do heavy work on the UI thread. And don't make proper use of widgets customization capabilities.
- frou_dh 13y agoC# with the WinForms API is the only desktop GUI programming I've done and I found both the process and results very pleasant. IIRC I was fairly well behaved and used the "BackgroundWorker" in a few places :-)
- gizzlon 13y agoTruth is, java can be darned fast if you want it to be Yes, I'm not a Java programmer, but I'm convinced it can be very fast. But throw a rock and you're bound to hit an insanely slow Java GUI application or a web service that needs 10 times as many servers as any sane implementation would use (and cost X million of my tax-paying money.. fucking consultants :)