Gareth Eason writes:
> Ciaran Johnston wrote:
> [snip]
> > Sorry, I have to rise to this one. Java is improving all the time, and is
> > good for developing long-running server applications or flashy GUI-based
> > applications. Sun's hotspot VM and compiler are now:
> [snip]
>> Hi,
>> Do you have a good JVM then, that makes server side applications built
> in Java stable?
>> I can do a fairly good job of making them rock solid, but I have to use
> workarounds and pander to the insane limitations and poor design of the
> Sun JVM on a regular basis to do so.
>> I do not make such concessions for the Perl, C/C++ or even the PHP I
> write (though I'll admit that PHP has caused more than a few issues
> since when it goes it has a tendancy to take Apache worker threads with it.)
>> Java... it was a good idea, but it has never achieved that ideal. Give
> me a call when it does.
+1: I wouldn't call 9-second pauses to wait for non-deterministic
garbage collection -- an issue I used to run into in *1995*! -- are
conducive to running a stable app:
http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2006/07/how_we_solved_o.html
wow, I can't believe I'm posting to a language war thread. ;)
--j.
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