Re: What language for mathematical applications?

Jon Harrop wrote:

Can you provide any evidence of that? My impression is that Java is
cripplingly slow and C#, although slower than native-code compiled
languages, is much faster. For the mathematically-intensive backend, speed
may well be important. Even for the GUI, I've seen Java running too slowly
on high-end hardware.

AFAIK Java speed for internal operations is quite OK, not the same as
compiled code but not far off. It's not a case of "even the GUI" more
"especially the GUI". The Java GUI libs are slow.

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