The C++ language specification is only ~450 pages, the rest of the ~1200 or so pages is the standard library specification. > Java.. I'm not entirely sure what

The C++ language specification is only ~450 pages, the rest of the ~1200 or so pages is the standard library specification. > Java.. I'm not entirely sure what Java does well. * Package/module system is dead "drop your JAR here" simple. * Humongous standard library. * Oracle provide a really powerful free JIT (probably still one of best for real world performance when it comes to JITing static languages) * Standardised language specification (like C and C++) * A well specified, really simple bytecode that other compilers and runtimes can target. * It's a newbie friendly, procedural, object-oriented language that encourages 'patterns' that make developers feel comfortable and that they know how to tackle problems (whether it's the right way is another matter) * Relatively safe, meaning there is less to learn (no pointers, memory management, arithmetic overflow etc).