Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:55:40 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT Message-ID: <flb6uc$a9u$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com>
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Victor Subervi wrote:
>I'm thinking Java's
> probably my best bet, just because there are more Java programmers out =
there
> than any other language (I think).=20
That's almost always the *worst* reason for choosing a language. On
similar basis, you might want to do it in PHP since "a lot of people use
it".
It's exceedingly tough to use Java for high-performance applications,
especially if you're just starting out in it. It apparently can be done,
but only by experts ("average" quality code in Java is almost certain to
be slow).
>But what about C++ or C#? Your comments
> would be appreciated.
C# is similar in this way to Java, though my own experience says it's
faster than Java. C++ or C are, of course, faster than any of the
mentioned languages.
If it's not a serious project and you just want to learn a new language,
try "D" (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/). It's similar to C, C++ and Java
but has some very nice features that sometimes make it even Python-like.
It's almost as fast as C
(http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/debian/benchmark.php?test=3Dall&lang=3D=
dlang&lang2=3Dgcc).
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