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The real question to me is : why in the world are y'all still using C? C++ is just as fast if you don't jump the shark.

I would ask the opposite question. Why are y'all still using C++? C _is_ faster from what I understand, and Java is basically a better, safer replacement for C++ (and equally as fast on big enough applications).

Steve Yegge has some great thoughts about how C++ should die, in favor of Java (not that he likes Java either, though he loves the JVM).

In the context of this post, the Java VM on Windows is a clunky piece of rubbish, with widgets that look like they come from 1996.

It apparently depends on which Java GUI toolkit (Swing, SWT, etc) you use, but yes, 90% of Java apps on most platforms have massive UI latency and look like shit.

People still write desktop apps?

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