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by pjmlp
4044 days ago
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I find funny that the by investing into JITs instead of optimizing compilers for Java and .NET, C++ managed to get a spot in HPC. Now both Java and .NET eco-systems are getting there AOT optimizing compilers. .NET with MDIL and .NET Native, Java targeted for Java 10 (if it still goes to plan). Also, thanks to Oracle's disregard by mobile platforms by not providing neither JIT nor AOT compilers for Java, C++ became the language to go for portable code across mobile OSes when performance matters. |
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But that's because Java is meant to cover a very wide "middle" -- plus maybe a few corners where possible -- rather than every possible niche.
> Also, thanks to Oracle's disregard by mobile platforms by not providing neither JIT nor AOT compilers for Java
Well, it didn't start out that way, did it? But mobile platforms -- because they're rather tightly controlled -- are, and have always been, much more driven by politics than technical merit.