Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT

Victor Subervi wrote:

I'm thinking Java's
probably my best bet, just because there are more Java programmers out there
than any other language (I think).

That's almost always the *worst* reason for choosing a language. On
similar basis, you might want to do it in PHP since "a lot of people use
it".

It's exceedingly tough to use Java for high-performance applications,
especially if you're just starting out in it. It apparently can be done,
but only by experts ("average" quality code in Java is almost certain to
be slow).

But what about C++ or C#? Your comments
would be appreciated.

C# is similar in this way to Java, though my own experience says it's
faster than Java. C++ or C are, of course, faster than any of the
mentioned languages.

If it's not a serious project and you just want to learn a new language,
try "D" (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/). It's similar to C, C++ and Java
but has some very nice features that sometimes make it even Python-like.
It's almost as fast as C
(http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/debian/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=dlang&lang2=gcc).


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