[glibgil]

Java has garbage collection and is about two times slower than C

[sgt101]

For good C, which is hard to write - for me and other mortal humans.

On the other hand, as a mortal, I can write a-grade-above-code-that-an-idiot-would-write-just code in Java at about 10 times the speed I can write dire-useless-risible C code.

The comparison is pointless though, good modern languages like Rust and Julia are developing and LLVM is enabling further development.

[glibgil]

You can call the comparison pointless, but it is the answer to the question of why Java is not a systems language

[Chyzwar]

C dont have garbage collection. In some cases Java can outperform C.

[glibgil]

Yeah, that's what I said. C doesn't have gc so it is a systems language. Java has gc so it is not a systems language