Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] java 1.3 sound capabilities
From: Jim Coker (jcoker_AT_jguru.com)
Date: Fri Jul 07 2000 - 00:21:42 EEST
My impressions, admittedly from a cursory look, is that
Java is not appropriate when reliable, low-latency
timing is an issue. It's an issue both on the VM
side (no thread-timing guarantees, and no ability
to do interrupt-level programming), and on the API side.
Even though they don't want to admit it, I'm sure Sun's
developers are aware of this, and are shying away from
such applications.
Jim
leaf_AT_babble.vibrant.org wrote:
>
> I was at the javaone night sessions where the Tritonus guys demoed their
> implementation... it seemed to work fine, audio played normally and
> midi as well...
>
> do you know if java can provide tight timing though? i left javaone with
> the impression that java might be great for games but not have the timing
> for pro-audio...
>
> cheers,
> phil
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Fri Jul 07 2000 - 00:57:58 EEST