Java is one of those OOPs based languages, along with Python and C++, that’s in demand right now. So, if you want to ride the bandwagon and use the language, you must download it on your system ...

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.

C++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language popularity index for the first time ever, dating back to 2001. Java slipped to a new low in the latest edition of the index.

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 ...

For example, Jace will support Java arrays as standard C++ containers, compatible with functions like for_each(). Jace will also support behind-the-scenes caching and prefetching for array elements.

C++ versus Java. Although I've been a C++ professional for 18 years, I recently facedthe task of leading a team that had to build a large J2EE Web 2.0application. Of course, I've always been open ...