From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 17:04:08 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 8982D16A419 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:04:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victorsubervi@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1635713C442 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:04:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victorsubervi@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so5046400rvb.43 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:04:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=Zf4tS6io/9moOg42jduCBttpmj3qqCnAAXU+SUFrXbI=; b=DlfQrTUp1yQVXpukUF7mCLT7pMkDDXYLANmaz9j4Uim3TdfbGOfP5+t5p+BOE/QxEG1Rv7xnXQx0JfGVMullLX4MaoyeVcS0BewfXUnjfxn0RDkgLr+csHlr+n5e1KwFU+0mKdcruWoxbKsfLQ78ClXq43ylBrKsfnen6P3IGOg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=m4e+zehWOJTt+H67mPCwG7l7+peZFHNXiczD0C5UEO98Ib8tdvIv6rueafZ1DF3QlGbpKUkeUSip/ZYyjNwHtQiMBCI+RhTEybyj21ueXiaGKo8WwjJHCVYePp/8n55BSds96rvQx55nxCNLaZaoFTgKxzQjpkQaCkMmoQ2C3Yk= Received: by 10.141.23.7 with SMTP id a7mr6470266rvj.5.1199120647726; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:04:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.99.6 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:04:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4dc0cfea0712310904m6ea9a530k7be838f6ab0aa302@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:04:07 -0400 From: "Victor Subervi" To: "Ivan Voras" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 17:04:08 -0000 Thanks for the comments. It's a serious project. It appears that no one has yet done anything substantial in open source for translation, which is a $12 billion/yr industry. Go figure. Sounds like C++ is the way to go. Now, getting back on topic :) I know that one has to install all sorts of s/w and rebuild the kernel for working with Java. Is that true of C++ as well? Or is it like C, native to FBSD? TIA, Victor On Dec 31, 2007 12:55 PM, Ivan Voras wrote: > 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). > > 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=all&lang=dlang&lang2=gcc > ). > > >