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Old 09-17-2003, 03:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
npa
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Quote:
Originally posted by Belisarius
Java's speed isn't that much different than C++ anymore. Sun has really improved on that with the last few revisions.
Java is *much* slower than c++ in every aspect. The only
difference now-a-days is for most applications it doesn't
matter; you don't program in java for speed.


Quote:
Originally posted by Belisarius
That being said, graphics in Java ARE slower. Java doesn't have direct tie-ins to graphical API's like C++ does. So when writting a graphically intensive program, yes you should do it in C++. Especially 3-d stuff, as Java doesn't really have an API for it, and doesn't tie in to OpenGL or Direct3D. But for things such as web-services or servers, Java works just fine.
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/
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