Re: Difference between .NET and Java

From: Sudsy (bitbucket44_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:42:33 -0400

Jeremy Deats' wrote:
> Architecture wise the .NET byte codes gets transformed into a intermediate
> language and cached as native code before execution. All most Java2
> programming is J2ME specific, but I don't think the Java2 VM Sun provides
> for Windows does, one of our Java2 programmers told me that IBM has a
> Just-In-Time VM for Win32 that does do this, but it's commerical software
> and cost $$$ to license. The result of this is that .NET apps run faster
> than Java2 apps on Windows with the default Java2 VM provided by Sun.
<snip>

So I guess I'll be the first (but certainly not only) person to
speak to this misconception. JIT has been incorporated into most
JVMs for years. This includes the one from Sun; you don't have to
purchase a commercial product to enjoy this advantage.
I'll leave it to others to expound further...

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