Noone is saying Java is fine doing low level stuff like device drivers (IMHO wrong tool for the job, and C++ is wrong, too) You are correct, C++ is a bad choic

Noone is saying Java is fine doing low level stuff like device drivers (IMHO wrong tool for the job, and C++ is wrong, too) You are correct, C++ is a bad choice for low-level device drivers. But it's getting better [1]! [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487420.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487420.as...