From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 16:56:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D285216A417 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5953F13C43E for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Nvu-00007v-Cd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:10 +0000 Received: from 78-1-126-5.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.126.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:10 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-126-5.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:10 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:55:40 +0100 Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0480DF7BEF677327F18FB578" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-126-5.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Sender: news Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:38 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0480DF7BEF677327F18FB578 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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). --------------enig0480DF7BEF677327F18FB578 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHeR8MldnAQVacBcgRAnPUAKCjmorThAT+HRFmhIau65PWEneHFACfV56x mjIv2saXE6dt8bM61T7jqWA= =quo3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0480DF7BEF677327F18FB578--