In what cases is Java faster, if at all, than C++? This question was originally answered on Quora by Cameron Purdy.

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.

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index.

What can I do with Java and C++ that I can't do with JavaScript? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mattias Petter Johansson.

It's a fair question to ask: Is Java slow? If you focus solely on performance time and resource consumption, it lags behind C++, but overall Java is still quite fast.

Both the original version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition and Bedrock Edition were written in, you guessed it, C++, allowing for implementations and features that Java couldn't always achieve.

Java or C++, Full stack or Front end: The programming languages and developer jobs that pay you the most But it's not just about the money, as developers look for more flexible working options too.

Java seems to be on the losing side, says Paul Jansen, CEO of TIOBE Software. In April 2020, Java gave up its No. 1 spot to C o on the TIOBE index.

New figures have claimed C++ is among the top three most popular programming languages used by developers today. The TIOBE Index, which promises to check more than one billion lines of code every ...

For the first time since 2001, Java and C++ are not occupying one of the two top spots in the TIOBE Programming Community Index.