validlab Java numerics page

This page contains references to discussions about high-performance numerical computing in Java.

How Java's Floating-Point Hurts Everyone Everywhere slides by W. Kahan.
Sun proposes modification to Java programming language's floating point specification Sun press release
Evolution of Numerical Computing in Java James Gosling's thoughts about possible Java futures
JavaNumerics from Java Grande Forum
Java Grande Forum organized by Geoffrey Fox
realjava by Jerome Coonen, in HTML
realjava by Jerome Coonen, in ASCII
Borneo a project of students of W. Kahan of UCB
Proposals by Roger Golliver of Intel

My own comments include a discussion of the numerical issues I deem critical:

and what I consider to be the over-arching business issues that get in the way:

and my recollection of the historical context of the Java - x86 performance issues:

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