On Nov 20, 2007 1:56 PM, Nick Apperson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007 12:48 PM, Stefan Nobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "Colin Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I think the reason for Ruby being so much slower is because it is an > > > interpreted language rather than a compiled language. > > > > It's not the main problem (interpreted languages are slower than those > > compiled to native code, but than even Java and C# are interpreted and > > don't have such big slowdowns). > > Java and C# are both compiled at some point if the same loop is running > repeatedly. Java is usually compiled "just in time" which is to say as each > function is first run. I'm not sure how C# is executed, but I think it gets > compiled before execution. >
I just found this looking around for things about Java's speed. Looks like some useful ways to boost Java's performance. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jch/java/speed.html -Colin _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
