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Re:Using beam tracing to calculate reflections in JavaScript by dkersten on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @03:33PM (#7065951)
Just a side note: Java used to be slow, but is actually a lot lot faster now. So while javascript is certainly impressively fast, Java is actually even faster still.
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Re:Using beam tracing to calculate reflections in JavaScript by stelonix on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @09:35PM (#7067695)
Although I believe this is true, I've used more fluid interfaces and played/have seen better performing demos/games in Javascript rather than Java.
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