CPython vs. Jython/JPython

Courageous jkraska1 at san.rr.com
Sun Nov 5 18:06:28 EST 2000


>> There is no way that a Java program can be faster than the equivalent C
>> program, on the same computer, if the best practices and idioms of each
>> language are followed.
>
>Why?

I think this poster was referring to the fact that most JVMs are
written in C, necessarily creating a bit of a chicken and the egg
problem. Which isn't to rule out all sorts of other possibilities,
of course. :)


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