On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Thomas Hruska <[email protected]> wrote:
> Every time I start up even the cheesiest C# app, it takes ages to load
> the .NET runtimes and, even after it is up and running, the app still
> feels sluggish. There is probably bias there. Probably.
>
> That said, someone can always find _trivial_ examples of where one
> language is faster than the other. It is a lot harder to nail down
> performance comparisons when comparing a large app written in two
> distinct languages. Usually because people don't have time on their
> hands to write a large application twice.
I also see the claim constantly that Java can run as fast as, if not
faster than, a C++ program, but have yet to see this in the real
world. The startup time alone with a big Java multithread app is
painful compared with a similar big multithreaded C++ app.
But again, it may probably be bias :-)
-- Brett
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