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Re: [pygame] man oh man Java is painful



On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:45:58 -0600
Ian Mallett <geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Good C++ is always faster than Java code.
>  However, crappy C++ is slower than crappy Java code.

The flaw here is that the underlying assumption is that execution time
is THE criteria for evaluating code quality. 

Contrarily, there are often instances where one might prefer slower
performing code if more readable / better structured / easier to
maintain.

It might be true that the C++ implementation of any algorithm is
faster than its Java counterpart, though. As well as it is true that
one could write an optimised-for-speed java implementation of something
that outperform a non optimised C++ version.

Both scenarios have nothing to do with "crappiness" of a given
implementation though. :o

/mac