I can agree with you on Java, but the JVM is a different matter. It is wonderful.
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Oscar Bonilla <6f6...@gmail.com> wrote: > Roman, > > I would start with figuring out exactly how much performance you’re losing > because of the language and whether there is lower hanging fruit. For the > record, I *hate* java, but my experience in performance work has taught me > that with some exceptions, it’s rarely the language where the performance > sink is. > > Do you have any data that points to Java as being a performance problem? > > Cheers, > > -Oscar > > On Dec 19, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Roman Vasilyev <rvasil...@netflix.com> > wrote: > > > Never will say that Erlang will be faster and memory consumption will be > lower than native code. Rest of it totally agree with Brandon, in a few > words I'm talking about serious parallel project on improving Cassandra > basics. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Andy Cobley" <acob...@computing.dundee.ac.uk> > > To: "<dev@cassandra.apache.org>" <dev@cassandra.apache.org>; "Roman > Vasilyev" <rvasil...@netflix.com> > > Sent: 12/19/2013 11:40:55 AM > > Subject: Re: C* engine > > > >> The question just as easily be asked, why not rewrite it in Erlang ? > Probably lots of advantages to be gained there, the ability to upgrade on > the fly, native message passing, functional programming paradigm ? > >> > >> But as Brandon says, you would be throwing away so much work, would it > be worth it ? > >> > >> Andy > >> > >> > >> On 19 Dec 2013, at 19:22, Roman Vasilyev <rvasil...@netflix.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Don't want to rise "holy war". Just let me share my crazy thoughts. > >>> I believe it could improve Cassandra speed and robustness. > >>> > >>> What people will say if I propose to have Cassandra engine written in > C/C++, and this engine will give you ability to run extensions in Java, > Groovy and bunch other languages like Perl/Python/Ruby? > >>> > >>> I just want to understand for myself does this solution will be useful > or I'm looking in wrong direction? > >>> > >>> Thank you for reading. > >> > >> > >> The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096. > >> > >> > > > >
