Re: Java's poor performance

Let me qualify.  I meant when compared to larger systems.  There's no 
question that assembly performs better by a huge margin on the TINI's 
processor.

	-Shawn

On 27-Apr-04, at 9:55 AM, NZG wrote:

> On Monday 26 April 2004 07:00 pm, Shawn Silverman wrote:
>> I often find that the initial "slow" speed of many Java applications,
>> especially those that run on embedded systems, is due to the design of
>> the program itself, and not "Java".  It is possible to design programs
>> that easily hit the limits of an 8-bit processor, whether written in
>> Java or not.
>>
> Whoa, not in my experiance.
> Write a Tini java program that just moves a bit in a loop. You will 
> notice
> that it all happens in the ms range.
>
> Now do it in assembly, us range, not even the same thing.
>
> This may not be java, it may be the specific java interpreter that the 
> DS400
> uses, but it's a moot point sense it's a closed system and can't be 
> modified.
>
> NZG.

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