[coldtea]

>but there a other domains where this will not fly.

Sure, and I believe everybody, including Doug, knows this not so subtle distinction. He wasn't talking about programming HPC for NASA.

[danbruc]

He is comparing Java and JavaScript and implies that it is a bad choice of Java to offer several options. And given the broad range of applications Java is used for I don't think this is a justifiable opinion.

[diroussel]

But in java (64-bit JVM) this statement is true: "You can add 64 bits or 8 bits, takes the same amount of time."