Re: c vs. java vs. gcj performance

["Miguel" <mth at mth dot com>]

>  > I wrote it in java and c. The c code (compiled with gcc) is 8 times
> faster than the java code (under Sun jvm 1.4.1_02).
>
> Shouldn't be, unless you're doing a lot of object creation.
I allocate a few short & int arrays at the beginning of the world, before
I get my start time. No object allocation during execution.

I agree that there shouldn't be that much difference.

My first look at the assembler output looks fine.

I'm still puzzled ... still working on it :)

Miguel