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[Marcus G. Daniels]

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> C++ is a complex language and not suitable for most experimental
> kinds of agent-based modeling.

I don't understand this comment.  Talking to simulation people both at UCSB
and in bussiness (Rand Corp. and TRW), the feeling is that it is the best
general language out for simulation.  The feeling is that Java, being
partially interpreted, will always be a step slower and that makes it
uNsuitable for hard core sims.  (Note that we are talking 10,000+ agent as
opposed to 50 agent sorts of models.)  I'm not trying to push C++, I just
don't understand why you think it is uNsuitable.


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