> > Complaining about speed and efficiency in Java, and then going out and > implementing a C solution around a *SQL database* is madness. I am all-for > efficiency, but even in the best of cases, I have always disliked the > frequently > unnecessary overhead of a separate database, using a database for the > datastore > would be fantastically inefficient and would make a mockery of any > efficiencies > introduced elsewhere. Yeah, but I was merely pointing out that if he intends to design what he was describing to combat all his 'datastore efficiency problems', what he'd have would be an RDBMS.
> The vast majority of those who express bigotry about Java are speaking from a > position of ignorance. Sure blackdown's java is crap, we all know this, use > IBM's JRE if you care about speed, it is comparable to a C++ implementation. > As agl pointed out in a recent conversation, > network latency will likely be the bottleneck, not processor speed. Yep. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000806/70be3669/attachment.pgp>
