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- From: Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com>
- Subject: Re: Will JAVA kill C++?
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- > Just like C++, no? Either language can be compiled into an
- > efficiently interpretable pseudo-code. Perhaps, someone will retarget
- > g++ to the JAVA pseudo-machine, just to prove the point.
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- Almost. If we were talking ANDF, this would be true. However, the Java
- VM (ByteCode format) is specifically optimized for pointerless
- languages. Faking pointers in the Java VM is an expensive operation, and
- could lead to massive slowdowns. ANDF, however, works just fine.
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