Re:Java is better than C++ for high speed trading systems
by opportune on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:32PM
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They mention not even using most of the Java features (exceptions, built in GC) that make it safe. So I think it's a pretty fair question, since they are essentially using a very stripped down version of the language that removes most of the compelling reasons to use it, and seemingly fighting the language runtime along the way.
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Re:Java is better than C++ for high speed trading systems
by chrisseaton on Friday November 27, 2020 @06:54AM
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The reason these people still use Java is that everything else can be nice high-level Java code.
So they use regular Java for the build system, deployment, testing, logging, loading configuration, debugging, etc etc. There's a small core written in this strange way... but everything else is easier. And things like your profiler and debugger still work on the core as well.