Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OT] Threads, inelegance, and Java | From | Adam Sampson <> | Date | 21 Jun 2001 17:48:30 +0100 |
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Rob Landley <landley@webofficenow.com> writes:
> > However, the very concept of Java encourages not caring about > > "performance, system-design or any elegance whatsoever". > The same arguments were made 30 years ago about writing the OS in a high > level language like C rather than in raw assembly.
30 years ago we didn't have C compilers that produce better code than you can write by hand. ;)
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