Re: .NET vs. Java

From: da Vinci (blank_at_blank.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:11:34 GMT

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:07:10 -0400, Arich Chanachai
<macrocosm@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>Edwin Martin wrote:
>Great article, thanks. Still doesn't answer my Qs as I'm sure there ARE
>differences in speed and some cases features as well. I wonder if he is
>right about Java eating DotNET. We shall see. An open source version
>of DotNET called Mono is in existence and under constant development. I
>wonder if they will integrate the Java DotNET tools.

How big of a difference is going to make or break you? I asked this
question of the head computer science guru at a place I used to work a
bit ago. He said that Java is an interpreted language and therefore a
little slower and less apt to be used in software where clock speeds
and critical timing are important.

I am not saying Java is not useful or good... I am learning it now and
love it. More than I liked C++ 6.0 when I learned it.

But I am a strong beleiver in the statement made earlier that the
difference is in mindset and not in features. I also think there is a
proper tool for every job... so dont look for just one solution to
every problem in existance.

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