The performance (as with all java) is still slower than C++.
Performance is our TOP work-item, and we have many suggestions
in our pipeline to Sun on how they can improve java performance
in the JDK's (they over-use synchronization internally, etc).
>Does it depend on a resident interpreter at runtime, on
>both servers and client machines, or is it precompiled to
>native code?
San Francisco code does not depend on anything, other
than the ability of the client and server to run java. Use of
JIT's (Just-In-Time compilers) can make things much faster if
the user chooses, but can also cause problems (JIT's change code,
sometimes introducing problems, in our experience) - they are
often immature, technologically. To my knowledge, nothing is
precompiled to native, that completely negates the advantages of
java. Please see the web page in my profile, there are many
articles on SF referenced there, many technical details, etc.
Private messages would probably be appreciated for any future
detailed tech. questions, though I'll probably refer them to
the web page, I've got lots of work to do this week. |
