On Oct 1, 12:21 am, "Phlip" <phlip...@yahoo .comwrote:
Juha Nieminen wrote:
There's a reason why almost all high-end computer games are made
in C++ and not in Java. OTOH, not all applications need that level
of efficiency.
Yet Java does not even offer programmer efficiency...
It depends on your target. On the whole, I'd agree with you
(and it's no accident that, knowing both languages well, I do
most of my work in C++). But in cases where absolute
reliability isn't important, and portability---even to systems
you might not know exist---is, Java has its place. When you
have to deliver client software to a large, heterogeneous park,
you do gain programmer productivity by only having to compile
and test on one (virtual) platform. You don't have the
reliability of having actually tested on every target, but if
the code isn't critical (e.g. just some flashy interface, to
make things look good), the JVM is generally sufficiently
reliable for that. Thus, for example, I've seen more than a few
applications which use Java for a comfortable interface for
editing their configuration files, or displaying an overall view
of the system: which machines are running, which aren't, etc.
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