anyone know of a good comparative article about different JavaVMs on wintel machines?


also... any idea on the future of Java? it was promised to be the future of platform independent programming, that still the case? "the future"?

thz...


(posted this already in "Software")

In my computer science 2 class we program in Java. It is platform independent because Java is compiled into byte-code ( which is in between high level code and machine code ) and then once the bytecode gets to your computer your VM on your computer puts it into machine code that is more specialized for your computer, than if someone else just gave you the java file to run.

As far as a comparave article I'm not sure of one but I would just go to http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp and download their version. Its probably the best since its from sun.

No need for a duplicate post then Brains.

Also, "Software Corner" is the proper place, but since this one already has replies, I'll just move it and close the original.

Next time though, don't bother crossposting.

Microsoft's one is faster because it's optimised for windows but is less advanced because it's based on an old version of sun's java vm.
If you want to run advanced stuff you have to go for the real one from sun. The 1.4 version.
So it all depends on what your needs are.