The Java code in this project was originally an assignment from the university. The goal was to write a Java program that accepted a list of words, and wrote them out in sorted order, using threads for speed. I used this project to see how Google's new language, Go, compared against Java with emphasis on LOC and performance. I'm glad to say that Go easily beats Java in both these cases. Go is also dramatically easier on system memory than Java.
Go project can be run by entering the Go directory and issuing the following: go run main.go 128 sowpods.txt out.txt
128 is the number of goroutines, sowpods.txt is the input and out.txt is the output.
Java project can be run by entering Java directory and compile using javac Sort.java then run by issuing java Sort 128 sowpods.txt out.txt
On my Macbook Air 13" mid-2012 the results where the following: Go: 732ms Java: 952ms