Thread: C/C++ Vs Java

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Pursuing knowledge confuted's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2002
    Posts
    1,916
    *wonders if this is troll bait*
    Oh well. You might want to investigate into each language a little, instead of basing your opinion on one article, OP. The syntax is somewhat similar, but each language has a fairly distinct use.
    Away.

  2. #2
    Registered User CompiledMonkey's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2002
    Location
    Richmond, VA
    Posts
    438
    First let me say this... I've been programming in Java for about 2 years or so and feel like I have a pretty good (and well rounded) understanding of it. I also have about 6 months of experience with C# which is a lot considering my Java background. Also, I've just recently started playing around with C.

    Each langauge has it's own purpose and use. If I were writing an application that ran in the console and required major speed, it would be done in ANSI C. If I needed to write the same program but with a Windows gui, it would be done in C#. Lastly, if I needed this same program (with the gui again) to run on different platforms (Unix, Win, Linux, OSX, etc) I would do it in Java. With Java you'll lose speed but it's worth it in development time. With Java you'd be writing a single GUI for all the platforms instead of a couple of different ones in C. My point is that you cannot say one language is better than the rest. If that was the case, why would anyone be using different languages? It's all about the right tool for the job.

Popular pages Recent additions subscribe to a feed

Similar Threads

  1. Java for real-time applications
    By zacs7 in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 08-26-2008, 06:34 AM
  2. C#, Java, C++
    By incognito in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 10-05-2004, 02:06 PM
  3. The Java language is being expanded
    By DavidP in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 26
    Last Post: 06-11-2004, 09:07 PM
  4. Java woes
    By DavidP in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: 07-06-2003, 12:37 AM
  5. C or Java as a first language
    By CorJava in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 34
    Last Post: 10-23-2002, 05:12 PM