In what cases is Java faster than C++?

Re:In what cases is Java faster than C++? by svag on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @09:51AM (#2226537)

A more general discussion about performance between C++ and Java can be found below:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/145110/c-performance-vs-j...

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Re:In what cases is Java faster than C++? by agazso on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @10:25AM (#2226681)

Found a great comparison between the answers:

It is basically the great programming language shootout at http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ redone with different GCC optimization levels.

It is clearly visible where Java Hotspot shines, but in most cases C++ wins by a factor of two. It also mentions a technique how you can do profiling analysis with GCC that makes similar optimizations than Hotspot does.

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Re:In what cases is Java faster than C++? by igouy on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @05:45PM (#2228677)

>>It is basically ... http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/<<;

Wrong.

It is basically the old Doug Bagley programs which were replaced 3 years before the zi.fi/shootout article was posted.

A little history - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GreatComputerLanguageShootout

In this new decade -

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/java.php#faster-progr...

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Re:In what cases is Java faster than C++? by blub on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @11:48AM (#2227095)

A lot of replies there are from C#/managed guys who don't quite know what they're talking about, but fake it convincingly enough. See flyswat, Orion Adrian, Jon Norton, etc.

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