Re: Repost of Wainwright message

[Ralf Stephan]

mgd: 
> TW> Actually, the improvements in speed of Java with JIT are what
> TW> brought me back to Swarm after trying to build similar models in a
> TW> fully-compiled OO language (Eiffel). 
> 
> If I were writing a new simulation engine, I think I'd take a swing
> at Mercury.   http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/research/mercury
> They've even got a real front-end for GCC. 

Unfortunately, their benchmarks compare only with Prolog
implementations, as well as their arguments /wrt error handling.
OK this isn't quite as measurable but Obj-C code seems to me to
score with readibility, particularly over write-once-and-forget
Java/Swing code.


ralf
PS: Jaron Lanier was right when he wrote like: 'Did you notice how
crappy looking Applets have become lately?'

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