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It did replace C/C++ in a meaningful way. I think there's probably more Java jobs out their than C/C++. Though C/C++ is still much better than Java in a lot of
by wisty 15y ago
It did replace C/C++ in a meaningful way. I think there's probably more Java jobs out their than C/C++. Though C/C++ is still much better than Java in a lot of areas, no doubt. You can't write a good looking app, or get write a kernel.
Maybe "replace" is a bad word though. Java complimented C/C++, creating a whole new market.
- Nitramp 15y agoThat's what I mean, Java didn't replace C++, it found its own market. Thus there is little point in porting everything (for appropriate values of everything) to Java (or JavaScript); you aren't gonna need it there.
- justincormack 15y agoPretty much everything has been ported to Java. Almost no one programming in Java uses native libraries at all. I cant think of libraries that were not ported; the Java ecosystem is now very self comtained relying on innovation within its own community. Essentially Java replaced C++ in most of the enterprise programming market.
- nitrogen 15y agoYou can't write a good looking app I beg to differ. By using a custom look and feel or rendering your own UI using Java2D, it is entirely possible to make attractive software in Java.
- nitrogen 15y agoNormally I don't comment on meta issues like downvotes, but as someone who writes attractive Java software, could someone please explain why my comment addressing a common misconception is receiving multiple downvotes? I also neglected to mention that people are making attractive apps using Java on Android.