Re: Jace. it is stable.

[David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On 8/28/2012 9:12 PM, BLuRry wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:44:23 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
> > I know I should not gripe, and instead thank you for all your hard work, but Java is a 200+ megabyte crapfest. It is slow as hell, and inefficient beyond all reckoning. I know you'll state your reason as "portability"
>
> Is it slow?  I haven't noticed.  Last I checked, I was able to run 60fps emulation scaled to 1920x1080 without any tricks.  Surely we must be using different JVM implementations.
>
> And your assumption about my preferences is incorrect.  I wrote it in Java because I like Java and I've been using it professionally for over a decade.  The fact that the emulator works in Mac and Windows is just a bonus for anyone that uses those platforms.

I also write in Java, mostly because that's what we use at work.  I've 
also been doing it so long it's like second nature to me.  I know there 
are others here that gripe about Java too, and I sympathize with 
you/them - that would be like somebody writing something in Visual BASIC 
to me.  I totally get it.  I wish I could help you see why it's actually 
a good thing... but, like any religious argument, there's really no point.