Java garbage collection can be really slow

Re:Java garbage collection can be really slow by Roboprog on Saturday April 23, 2016 @03:03PM (#11556938)

What about a third way? I have not used the GNU version of Ada or Pascal, but you get C/++ style allocation choices (static, stack, heap) without all of the safeties turned off.

Having bounds checks (with line number error reporting, rather than secondary, tertiary... damage followed by a core dump), and the use of non-null references (as well as pointers for the initial allocation from the heap) goes a long way towards eliminating much of the time wasting bullshit that C/++ brings into your life.

C is good for portable assembler. Otherwise, I want something less wacky than C++ to be "effective" with at a medium low level, and something higher level than Java for most other apps.

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Re:Java garbage collection can be really slow by threeseed on Saturday April 23, 2016 @06:10PM (#11557645)

Where are you going to get a team of Ada/Pascal developers from ?

And tools to support them ?

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Re:Java garbage collection can be really slow by Roboprog on Sunday April 24, 2016 @02:29PM (#11560741)

And Enterprise Management has spoken!

Ignoring the fantasy that I would get to use something higher level (than Java) for most work...

Not everybody panics if they have to write code outside of Eclipse or Visual Studio.

Once upon a time, there was an expectation that programmers knew, or could learn, more than one language.

Sorry about the rude response, but I'm really sick of the dumbing down of everything for (counterproductive) business or "risk management" purposes. To paraphrase, "average performance" in this industry is pretty poor.

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