25 Nov
2012
25 Nov
'12
12:57 a.m.
I don't want to start language holy war, but I can't accept a programming
language which has operator "new", but doesn't provide operator
"delete".
Garbage collection? Yes, it runs from time to time. Usually at the worst
moments of time when precious CPU cycles are vital to run actual business
logic code.
On Saturday 24 November 2012 17:49:09 Alex Balashov wrote:
On 11/24/2012 05:41 PM, Sergey Okhapkin wrote:
Slow Java coupled with real-time SIP protocol?
Hmm... Not viable to
my point of view.
Despite the stereotype, Java actually performs quite well, and is used
in highly concurrent, real-time environments like telephony extensively.
I think the stereotype about slow interpreted languages belongs to the
first era of Java (1996-2000(?)), back when it had green threads and so on.
Having said that, it is true that the JVM consumes a lot of resources
just to run at all, and that the bureaucratic fashions of Java are
chiefly an affectation of the enterprise world. However, once it spools
up and gets going, Java is quite fast, and adequate for SIP. It has
posted comparable benchmarks to C for many scientific computing
applications for years now.
Initially, I was as surprised by this as you are.
-- Alex