D vs Java

[Walter Bright]

"Dave" <Dave_member at pathlink.com> wrote in message 
news:dvksli$ihh$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
> From what I gather, there has been huge amounts of R & D into the problem 
> from
> all kinds of organizations - I figure by now if they haven't figured it 
> out
> there are reasons other than for trying. A manager I know likes to call 
> stuff
> like that "polishing the turd" <g>

Certainly, Sun has poured enormous resources into research trying to find 
ways to make it faster. At some point, though, a point of diminishing 
returns will be reached.