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Originally posted by Morgwen
Java IS slow compared to other languages, not only on Macs. |
That has been discussed N+1 times already. The Java 1.4.2 server VM is actually almost as fast as C++, in most fields like integer, floating-point & IO performance. It is supposed to be faster than C++ when creating objects.
Ask google for some benchmark results.
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| Java is slower because its needs time to translate the code with the VM. |
Java's VM is not an interpreter. The code is really compiled and repeated tasks don't require repeated compiling.
The speed difference of the Swing GUI compared to a GUI using standard Windows widgets is noticeable, of course. Java GUIs always seem to be a little slower reacting to mouse-clicks.