Included are two similar programs in C and Java (/usr/green3/local.java/NIGHTLY1/jdk1.1/solaris/JDK1.1M-5).

The java version takes 443 times longer to run (far more than most comparisons)

The output of the two are:

ccode
ccount = 19990 took 210 milliseconds

java jcode
java count = 19990 took 93225 milliseconds


---------------------- The C code ---------------------------
#include <stdio.h>
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	char	buff[2000];
	FILE	*fd;
	int	count = 0;

	clock();
	fd = fopen("/usr/dist/share/lib/nameslistx", "r");
	while(fgets(buff, 2000, fd) != NULL)
	{
		count++;
	}
	printf("ccount = %d took %d milliseconds\n", count, clock()/1000);
}


--------------------- The Java Code -----------------------------------
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Date;

class jcode
{
	public static void main(String arg[])
	{
		long start = new Date().getTime();
	    try {
		DataInputStream fs = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream("/usr/dist/share/lib/nameslistx"));
		int count = 0;

		while(fs.available() > 0)
		{
			String line = fs.readLine();
			count++;
			//System.out.println("Line "+count+": "+line);
		}
		System.out.println("java count = "+count+" took "+(new Date().getTime() - start)+" milliseconds");
	    } catch (Exception e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	    }
	}
}