Java vs. Objective-C vs. Riemann vs. Scala Comparison Chart

The Java™ Programming Language is a general-purpose, concurrent, strongly typed, class-based object-oriented language. It is normally compiled to the bytecode instruction set and binary format defined in the Java Virtual Machine Specification. In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending with the .java extension. Those source files are then compiled into .class files by the javac compiler. A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it instead contains bytecodes — the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine1 (Java VM). The java launcher tool then runs your application with an instance of the Java Virtual Machine.

Riemann aggregates events from your servers and applications with a powerful stream processing language. Send an email for every exception in your app. Track the latency distribution of your web app. See the top processes on any host, by memory and CPU. Combine statistics from every Riak node in your cluster and forward them to Graphite. Track user activity from second to second. Riemann provides a low-latency, transient shared state for systems with many moving parts. Riemann streams are just functions that accept an event. Since Riemann's configuration is a Clojure program, its syntax is concise, regular, and extendable. Configuration-as-code minimizes boilerplate and gives you the flexibility to adapt to complex situations. Riemann can tell you as much or as little as you want. Throttle or roll up multiple events into a single message. Get emails about exceptions in your code, provider downtime, or latency spikes. You can also integrate with PagerDuty for SMS or phone alerts.