[eternalban]

> Java conceptually has a lot of drawbacks

In what sense is an articulated object a "conceptual drawback"? It is a richer object model and SMI and friends had the engineering chops to makes it highly performant.

[weberc2]

What do you mean by "a richer object model". The drawbacks are principally that the programmer has less control over allocs and layout.

[jakub_h]

If you want an actual rich object model, why aren't you using CLOS instead? Java's objects costs you a lot of potential performance with few of the benefits.