In article <3fd9c437@news.povray.org> , Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg>  wrote:

>   Actually the step from C to C++ is much much larger than you might
> believe. Much larger than for example from Java to C++.

Java and C++ are really not interchangeable or compareable.  The only thing
they have in common is that they offer language support for OO programming.

Yet, while Java as a language is neat, the libraries that come with it are
just a big piece of hacked together junk and patchwork resulting from
marketing needs rather than rational thinking.  C++ on the other hand has
careful design (for the most and major part), and its library was designed
as a whole integrated component.

It also turns out that no matter what you do, a Java program will always be
a fat, slow thing that tends to misbehave and corrupt your data rather than
just crash and leave your data alone.  C++, on the other hand, if, and only
if, used properly, will result in a fast, lean and extraordinary stable
piece of software.

    Thorsten

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