RE: VB vs. JAVA

From: Guy Hammond <guy.hammond_at_avt.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:50:00 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0036CAD4.20010816035050@fatcity.com>

Well, what you mean by speed depends on what it is you're trying to do. Big numerical computations are certainly quite slow in Java... but they are even slower in PL/SQL. Remember that a Java Virtual Machine does execute native code for many operations, such as networking.

But, what is your application doing? Is it spending most of its time executing transactions? Because Java is certainly capable of starting transactions faster than Oracle can commit them, on similar hardware. Use a profiler to work out where the Java is spending most of its time, and use the OCI8 driver instead of the Thin Client.

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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:15 AM
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I hear a lot of bad things about Java, mostly in regards to speed.

I'm wondering if there's anybody out there with experience in numerous programming langauges (including Java) that wouldn't mind giving their opinion about wether or not java is the best option for the job?

ta
michael

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