Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] java 1.3 sound capabilities
From: leaf_AT_babble.vibrant.org
Date: Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:59:23 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.
that's the impression i got from the (ex)sun javasound developers too...
garbage collection could kick in on a whim, no guarantee on the timing.
it was enough to make me dust off my strousroup...
cheers,
phil
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