C++ precompiled headers are compiler- and platform-specific. And C++ requires a large amount of source to be shipped in order to compile against it. Java defers platform-specific stuff to the runtime.

Here's what I've learned over 20 years of working with both C++ and Java (and more years before that with C++): As a rule of thumb, when you convert optimized C++ to Java, the code is about 3x ...

C++ founder Bjarne Stroustrup says profiles are essential to the language’s future and will not break existing code, unlike ad-hoc solutions. C++ memory safety issues have come under heat ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging developers to shift to memory safe languages – such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust, and Swift – to protect their code from remote code execution or ...

Are programmers in C/C++ more preferred at Google than programmers in Java? This question was originally answered on Quora by Gayle Laakmann McDowell.

Feb 29, 2024 11:03:00 White House recommends developers move from C++ and C to memory-safe programming languages such as Rust and Java. The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) at the ...