The No Decaf Juice on Java

When is Java not so elegant? Java, still evolving, is more sluggish than traditional programming languages.

"The promise of Java and reality are still disconnected after all these years. The performance isn't there; the platform is still immature," Bitstream's Trevithick cautions. "But there are good things about Java, very good things, especially in the area of Internet appliances." Currently, Bitstream is beta-testing its first Java offering, JET, a font renderer completely written in Java.