Re:This is not meant too gratuitously ... (Score 1)

I'll disagree feverishly. As a longtime java coder, I most definatly prefer c++ over java. Although java may be ..uhm.. quicker? simpler? to code, if youre doing more advanced stuff, it simply doesn't keep up. Not to mention debugging is the most tedious of all battles (sitting there for 3 minutes while JVM loads an applet between revisions is _not_ my idea of productive). I just find c++ much more efficient - unless you only type about 20 wpm, and are looking for syntax shortcuts -=> "lamer" >:P