I think the two languages share a lot of interesting traits, but in unique ways: - Widely deployed in a variety of contexts (web, embedded, desktop application

I think the two languages share a lot of interesting traits, but in unique ways: - Widely deployed in a variety of contexts (web, embedded, desktop applications, etc.) - Relatively spartan standard library - Variety of build setups and toolchains (eg: Make, CMake, Bazel, Babel, gulp, etc.) - Variety of dialects and trends (eg: classes v/ prototypes, RAII, boost, handlebars.js)