Re: Java slow?

Master Programmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was thinking about learning the Java programing language. I asked a
> friend his views and he told me not to bother - as Java is a slow piece
> of **** !  Is that true, is it really a goofy outdated language that
> doesnt run quickly like other languages?  (from the horses month).
>
> Thanks


Astounding!  /I was thinking/  Indead!  How are you at learning?

There is only one language AFAIK that is more mathematically pure than
Java?

Can you name that language?  Or, Is this really the question you need
answered?

The problem is rooted within the massive propoganda from companies
similar as <SNIP> that popularize a misconception that register based
architectures are faster than a stack ( of registers).

Maybe or maybe not, the answer you seek is ... Hmm, I'm not sure.