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Andy Roberts has followed up his Java Look and Feel article on OSNews with an article on Java performance.
The Java performance debate
Following on from my previous article, the Java platform has an even greater image problem that is more than skin deep. Coming under yet another two-pronged attack, you'll typically hear complaints falling into the two camps:
1. Java is slow
2. Java is a memory hog
The corollary being that Java on the desktop is infeasible for those without the patience of a saint. Funnily enough, in my experience, many people who have commented to me, "Andy, I don't like Java because it's slow" are the very same people who use Perl/Python/PHP. It suggests to me that not all the criticism is entirely objective! This article aims to discuss some of the criticisms aimed at Java and see whether they are justified.
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