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John Jay Smith had this to say:
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>> It's Java; the perf will be terrible.
>
> They chose java for the Mars space rovers...
> http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/missi...yrightnow.html
> Of course they ran into problems :-)
>
> They had to format the flashdrive and reload the programs after
> several reboots...
> all this from earth to mars!
>
> But those rovers are still working far past their planed mission life
> span!
Java has its place in the world. Unfortunately speed and size are two of the
problems with it. There's been some talk/hype/hope/hysteria that Sun's®
going to open source java at the next Sun conference but they recently gave
their blessings to a Project Harmony which will need to wait until Code
Named Mustang is released it seems.
Here's a recent step that supports that they're headed that way still:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news...le.php/3598706
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