Java, C#, VM Performance and Benchmarks

[Craig Black]

There are so many people that are fooled by benchmarks indicating that Java 
performs as well as C++.  Don't be an idiot!  Yes, there are programs that 
you can write in Java that will run as fast as the equivalent C++ programs. 
These programs are typically small.  Notice that they do not use a lot of 
object instantiation.  In other words, you don't see a lot of "new MyClass" 
in these programs.  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