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WARNING: Java Considered Dangerous for High Performance Transaction Systems - True or False?

PublisherUniversity of Newcastle
Format20.1KB PDFDate added09 Apr 2001
Topics Java, Software Engineering
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As transaction systems have evolved, so have programming languages, moving from raw machine code, through COBOL and C, to C++, and beyond. When a new language appears and becomes accepted by the general community, so TP providers have typically look at whether or not it appropriate for their use. Generally this has been the case, and because all of these languages are compiled, transaction systems have benefited in the improvements in compiler technology. The current language of choice appears to be Java, a language that is both compiled and interpreted [ORA00]. Few (if any) commercial transaction systems have appeared using interpreted languages. This paper attempts to address the question: Is Java a language that can be used to implement an efficient, and performant transaction system?

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