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C++ costs more, but that's often a non issue for a trading floor. Security is much simpler in the Java world, but also possible in boring C++ code.
Making small changes is really more a question of your code than anything else IMO. There is a lot of crazy C++ and Java code out there.
Now for basic CRUD apps Java is a clear win. For high preformance trading that's an open issue. But, IMO there are much better languages to use.
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C++ costs more, but that's often a non issue for a trading floor. Security is much simpler in the Java world, but also possible in boring C++ code.
Making small changes is really more a question of your code than anything else IMO. There is a lot of crazy C++ and Java code out there.
Now for basic CRUD apps Java is a clear win. For high preformance trading that's an open issue. But, IMO there are much better languages to use.