Re: Language choice for high-volume Oracle CGI interface?

From: Ulrich Mayring <ulim_at_denic.de>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 16:25:14 +0100
Message-ID: <376D07D7.E495B581@denic.de>

Mark Maggelet schrieb:
>
> Don't let anyone tell you C++ is faster than Java- It's not anymore. use the hotspot
> engine, write the thing in Java,
> and save your company about a million bucks.

Agreed. JDBC and Servlets run everywhere. Another point that hasn't been mentioned:

The weakness in this system is not CGI or what programming language to use, but Windows NT. For a financial service provider you really should leave an upgrade path to Unix for database and web server. Thus, use Java and standard APIs, use Apache, use Oracle.

Ulrich Received on Sun Jun 20 1999 - 10:25:14 CDT