Language Selection for Mobile Systems: Java, C, or Both?

For many years, C has been known as a fast, yet unfriendly language. Similarly, Java presents its own trade-offs, including more advanced language features at the cost of slower execution. As Java implementations continue to mature, this distinction has become less clear. Special hardware, better libraries and more sophisticated compilers have placed Java-based program execution times in the same realm as C-based programs. This paper demonstrates that superior performance is obtained by carefully selecting the appropriate language for implementing the system. In some cases, this will involve both languages interacting synergistically. For the SciMark 2.0 benchmark suite, using the Java Native Interface (JNI) increases performance by 2.29X

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: CSREAESA
• Authors: Keith S. Vallerio, Niraj K. Jha
• Keywords: Advanced Language Features, CSREAESA 2004, CSREAESA 2007, Java-based Program Execution, Unfriendly Language