> it goes neck to neck with C++. Sure, Rust or Go or C I hate to be that guy but 1) java does not go neck to neck with c++ unless you mean it can be in the sam

> it goes neck to neck with C++. Sure, Rust or Go or C I hate to be that guy but 1) java does not go neck to neck with c++ unless you mean it can be in the same order of magnitude and 2) C++ is not slower than C or Go or Rust Note: by c++ I mean c++ compiled by a decent compiler e.g. gcc/clang/msvc