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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Commentary on Industry Move to C++
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Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com> writes:
  
> They say it's because of timing -- ie because of garbage collection 
> -- they can't make it a sure thing that it will accomplish anything
> in a given amount of time.  But they also say that it's not an 
> admission that it's likely to crash or give the wrong answers.
> 
> That's really a JVM issue, not a Java issue -- there are many 
> languages running on JVM these days.

Just a data point: Siemens is propagating Java for real time
development these days.