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by runT1ME 5910 days ago
As an Open Source advocating, anti-MS, java fanboy, I agree completely. C# the language blows java out of the water. I give MS a lot of respect for really evolving the language.

I do think, however, that the JVM is much more advanced than the CLR, and really the only one of the two that is truly cross platform and open.
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bruceboughton 5910 days ago
I'm interested to hear in what ways the JVM is more advanced than the CLR (no, genuinely I am).

As for cross-platform, well that's not a goal of the CLR so the JVM wins de-facto.

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runT1ME 5908 days ago
The G1 collector, for starters, is a lot more advanced in terms of GC technology. From what I remember, the CLR is a simple generational collector.

I've also seen examples of the JVM running well on extremely large boxes, where as I have not seen it with the CLR.

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