On Friday, August 20, 2010 10:04:41 Andrej Mitrovic wrote: > What are these Java programs for the desktop that run fast? I haven't > encountered any, but maybe that's just because I didn't try them all > out. Eclipse takes at least 20 seconds to load on startup on my quad > core, that's not very fast. On the other hand, CodeBlocks which is > coded in C++ and has a few dozen plugins installed runs in an > instant.
There's plenty of Java code which runs just as fast or faster than comperable C++ code. I've seen it. However, you're generally talking about small, computation-intensive programs. When you're talking about full-blown desktop applications, there's so much more going on than math operations that the game is entirely different. I'm not sure that there are any full-blown desktop Java applications which are all that efficient in comparison to similar C++ applications. They're definitely useable, but not necessarily as efficient. Of course, the difference between Ecilpse and CodeBlocks could be entirely a design issue rather than a language one. Once you're dealing with anything that complex, accurately comparing apps can be difficult. It could just as easily be that Eclipse's design isn't as efficient - be it due to features that it has which CodeBlocks doesn't or poor design, or whatever. - Jonathan M Davis
