Java, C#, VM Performance and Benchmarks

[clayasaurus]

Craig Black wrote:
> <snip> But try to write a 3D game engine in Java.  I've talked
> with some of the best game programmers in the world and they say the same 
> thing:  Java is damn slow.
> 
> -Craig 
> 

Here are some interesting aspects of Java game development.

1) Quake2 in Java achieves ~85% performance of the C version : 
http://www.bytonic.de/html/benchmarks.html

2) An interesting blog post about programming Java on cell phones : 
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/johnc/Recent%20Updates