On 17 Jan 2005, at 23:01, Chip Turner wrote:
I don't think it's as clear cut as that.
I'd agree, many High Performance Computing Research Groups are looking at Java these days.
Some recent benchmarks along these lines:
http://www.shudo.net/jit/perf/
(Best taken with the usual benchmark pinch of salt.)
For desktop applications startup times and memory footprints are still a problem, although recent VMs are getting better.
Carwyn
