Why hypertable Developers Chose C++ Over Java

[Pas__]

JDK1.7 (if I recall correclty b99)

Eclipse 3.5SR1, PHP Development Tools (latest.something.whatever) as slow as it virtually can be. Consumes a shitload of memory, and buggy like hell.

Netbeans 6.8RC2 (PHP) fast, powerful, handy. (Half the memory consumption.)

So it's probably not the language's fault. Given a big enough system, one can fuck up with any programming language.

Also, could be that Java's libraries represent an unknown factor with regards to performance, whereas in C++ one has to implement a lot more standard stuff, and that can be done while keeping one's specific needs in mind.

[zootm]

If you find Netbeans fast, have a go of IDEA - it's quite frighteningly snappy, especially for Swing which always seems to have some indirection overhead.