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>Java runs at 90% the speed of C for most common benchmarks.

>The only reason physics game engines are written in C++ is because physics game engines are written in C++.

They are written in C++ because of latency requirements which are nearly impossible in GCed language.

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From what I know, the major C++ engines (Unity, Unreal) have GC in them. Using GC does not automatically mean that latency is out the window.

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0 pointssolomatov3y ago0 comments

>Java runs at 90% the speed of C for most common benchmarks.

>The only reason physics game engines are written in C++ is because physics game engines are written in C++.

They are written in C++ because of latency requirements which are nearly impossible in GCed language.

From what I know, the major C++ engines (Unity, Unreal) have GC in them. Using GC does not automatically mean that latency is out the window.

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