Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #35678

Re: Java is faster!

From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Java is faster!
Date 2016-10-01 11:17 -0400
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <nsok1f$18g4$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
References <faster-20160923143035@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <nskefg$1eso$1@gioia.aioe.org> <nskiav$el5$1@jstuckle.eternal-september.org>

Show all headers | View raw


On 9/29/2016 10:23 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/29/2016 9:17 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 9/23/2016 9:31 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>       "Java is faster!
>>>       In terms of throughput in a long running system ...
>>>       For specific applications ...
>>>       On a well tuned JVM ...
>>>       With near-optimal GC strategy selected ..."
>>>
>>>   says Chandler Carruth, one of Google's C++ experts. (JFTR)
>>
>> Java JIT and GC are pretty good today.
>>
>> No surprise that it is faster "For specific applications".
>>
>> There are probably also some other specific applications where
>> C++ are faster.
>>
>> The real point is that throughput is not a decisive
>> factor in picking the language.
>>
>> Arne
>>
>>
>
> I also think it would depend on how efficient the C++ coding is.  I've
> seen some awfully bad C++ code which works at a snail's pace, and other
> C++ code which does the same thing in the blink of an eye.

There are a lot of bad C++ code out there.

But Chandler Carruth is member of ISO C++ standard committee and
heads Googles work with the CLang/LLVM, so my guess is that
he can recognize good and bad C++ code.

Arne

Back to comp.lang.java.programmer | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

Re: Java is faster! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-29 21:17 -0400
  Re: Java is faster! Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-29 22:23 -0400
    Re: Java is faster! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-10-01 11:17 -0400
      Re: Java is faster! Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-10-01 12:54 -0400

csiph-web