Over the past few years alternatives to Java in and around the browser have been gaining traction, especially Macromedia Flash. Using Flex and ActionScript, you can write sophisticated browser ...

Lately, I’ve heard a number of folks discussing whether Java development is riskier than development in C/C++ (from here on out, I’ll just refer to “C”). They’re not rehashing the age ...

It's a fair question to ask: Is Java slow? If you focus solely on performance time and resource consumption, it lags behind C++, but overall Java is still quite fast.

Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems means a new home for Java, and Java is doing just fine. Java developers say they prefer Oracle's stewardship of Java to IBM's.

In what cases is Java faster, if at all, than C++? This question was originally answered on Quora by Cameron Purdy.

Java is a general-purpose programming language used for developing high-quality applications for both computers and mobile phones. It was originally created as a set of programs and standards by Sun ...