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Tor Iver Wilhelmsen

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More options 11 Jun 2005, 18:23

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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <jadedga...@hotmail.com>

Date: 11 Jun 2005 19:23:01 +0200

Local: Sat 11 Jun 2005 18:23

Subject: Re: Optimise my ray tracer

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Jon Harrop <use...@jdh30.plus.com> writes:
> With the vector class declared static (what exactly does this do?)

This alone tells us you really do not know Java.

The point is that you really should not take startup time into
consideration when considering how "fast" a language is. It would be
akin to testing whether the Windows "calc" program is faster than
using pencil + paper to add two numbers, and then take Windows startup
time into account. Java is designed to run apps over a period of time,
you don't and draw the wrong conclusion.

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