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There are probably >100,000 c++ devs out there, and ~100 of them work on HotSpot. I don't think the HotSpot devs are significant in encouraging c++ usage
by why_only_15 7y ago
There are probably >100,000 c++ devs out there, and ~100 of them work on HotSpot. I don't think the HotSpot devs are significant in encouraging c++ usage
- skissane 7y agoI think it demonstrates the point - that if Java is not able to be fully self-hosting in practice, then there are significant gaps in its abilities – and those same gaps in its abilities that drove HotSpot devs to implement HotSpot itself in C++ instead of Java also drive other projects to choose C++ over Java.
- neurocline 7y agoThere are around 5 million C++ developers.