Re:Will windows C++ die?
by dm_mongodb on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @11:00PM
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The real question to me is : why in the world are y'all still using C? C++ is just as fast if you don't jump the shark.
I would ask the opposite question. Why are y'all still using C++? C _is_ faster from what I understand, and Java is basically a better, safer replacement for C++ (and equally as fast on big enough applications).
Steve Yegge has some great thoughts about how C++ should die, in favor of Java (not that he likes Java either, though he loves the JVM).
In the context of this post, the Java VM on Windows is a clunky piece of rubbish, with widgets that look like they come from 1996.
It apparently depends on which Java GUI toolkit (Swing, SWT, etc) you use, but yes, 90% of Java apps on most platforms have massive UI latency and look like shit.
C++ is great. I really like the control it gives one over initialization at construction and scoped destruction. It's pretty safe these days too give pointers aren't highly involved (shared_ptr, stl containers instead).