From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:13:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:12:55 -0400 Received: from [212.159.14.225] ([212.159.14.225]:54711 "HELO murphys-outbound.servers.plus.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:12:52 -0400 To: landley@webofficenow.com Cc: Aaron Lehmann , hps@intermeta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Threads, inelegance, and Java In-Reply-To: <20010620042544.E24183@vitelus.com> <01062007252301.00776@localhost.localdomain> From: Adam Sampson Organization: The Society Of People Who Repeatedly Point Out That "alot" And "allot" Are Both Wrong, And It Should Be Written "a lot" Date: 21 Jun 2001 17:48:30 +0100 In-Reply-To: <01062007252301.00776@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <87ofrhn5i9.fsf@cartman.azz.us-lot.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rob Landley writes: > > However, the very concept of Java encourages not caring about > > "performance, system-design or any elegance whatsoever". > The same arguments were made 30 years ago about writing the OS in a high > level language like C rather than in raw assembly. 30 years ago we didn't have C compilers that produce better code than you can write by hand. ;) -- Adam Sampson