From: "Robert Comer" 

Cross platform.

- Bob Comer 

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:428dcdeb{at}w3.nls.net...
> But C++ can do all that. Managed/unmanaged. GC/non-GC, or both in the same
> app.
>
> What is the advantage of Java as a language given there's no obvious
> advantage to it as an environment? I suppose a more flexible 'goto'
> mechanism...
>
> Paul
>
> "Adam"  wrote in message
> news:428db7a2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Rubbish.
>>
>> For speed I can show you a load of independant studies where
>> inline/dynaminc compiling etc means that the load time might be longer
>> but the execution time might actually be shorter.
>>
>> For predictability...nope. You can control the gc as you wish
& there are
>> a number of other ways you can make very predictable java systems.
>>
>> Adam
>
>

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