[FRIAM] deployable and open source ABMs

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Hi Doug,
> I guess we need a definition of "good performance" here.  Languages 
> with garbage collectors are not known for exceptional performance.
Well, I am in the camp that use C variants are best for serious 
simulation as it factors out the uncertainties of garbage collection and 
bytecodes interpreters/JITs.  But, given that Java is so popular, and 
that a common (but shallow) motive for its use is to make it easy to 
show customers simulations, then the possibility of a truly dynamic 
language that is embedded in a browser seems like an interesting step 
forward for demos or small scale simulations.

cheers,

Marcus