Re:Bullshit (Score 1)

Really? We're operating on giga- and tera- size datasets, with complex floating-point calculations, and Java is just as fast as any of our best C or Fortran programs.

Java is most certainly used in a number of mathematically-intensive applications. See CERN's Colt library, for example. Quite useful, asshole .

Now let's see...
1. Java is far too slow.--no, it's not. Stupid Java is slow, but you shouldn't be writing Java if you're stupid.

2. All the math libs are already written in Fortran and C, and nobody wants to port.--right, except CERN and a veritable half-ton of other nobodies. Be way of all those "two-dimensional matrix" libraries out there, though. Most suck, like you.

3. Most scientists are not fancy programers and don't care too much about OO, garbage collection, and other frills.--I see. Then I must work with some damn rare, unusual scientists. Or maybe it's just that you don't know what you're talking about.

The End, Hooray!