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. The December 2002 ...

Nevertheless, Java performance approaches that of C and C++, and projects such as Quarkus enable Java microservices to be compiled right down to binary, so the virtual machine issue goes away.

Later, in 2021, Python became unstoppable and surpassed Java as well. Now, based on its sharp rise in June, it looks like C++ will soon overtake Java. “High level programming with performance is ...