How to get C like performance in Java

Re:How to get C like performance in Java by astine on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @09:59AM (#2785530)

"Note: Most of these suggestions only work for standalone applications rather than applets."

Whoa! That made me double-take. Applets have been an effectively abandoned technology (by the browser makers, not necessarily Sun,) for what, almost 10 years now? It's amazing this guy would feel the need to specify this.

Then again, had applets ever taken off... we might be coding client-side code in Lisp now, (or your favorite JVM language :)) Crazy.

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Re:How to get C like performance in Java by tomjen3 on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:34AM (#2785982)

All Danish online banks and all government services relies on a common login system which uses Java Applets.

So no, they are most certainly not dead.

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Re:How to get C like performance in Java by gruseom on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:36AM (#2785988)

You can code client-side in Lisp now (or your favorite JS-targeted language). I do it every day.

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Re:How to get C like performance in Java by astine on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:59AM (#2786143)

Parenscript isn't quite the same thing.

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Re:How to get C like performance in Java by gruseom on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @01:28PM (#2786594)

That's true. You're not encapsulated from JS, so you have to be aware of JS issues like null-undefined-false-0 and all the rest of them. So it feels like you're writing in two languages at once. On the other hand, that has some benefits too.

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Re:How to get C like performance in Java by hello_moto on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:56AM (#2786124)

Facebook photo batch upload uses Applet if I'm not mistaken.

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