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 ...

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News. Java and C++ Lose Tops Spots in TIOBE Index for the First Time. By John K. Waters; November 5, 2020; For the first time since 2001, when TIOBE Software began publishing the results of its ...