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View Poll Results: What is your most prefered programming language?
C++ 91 43.96%
PBasic 11 5.31%
QBasic 8 3.86%
Java 36 17.39%
Other (Please List) 61 29.47%
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned one of the best things about Java: it's fully portable. Yes, you can use libraries like Gtk or Qt in C/C++, but those are usually hideously ugly and a pain to install on anything except *ix (n left out to include Irix).

You write one program in Java, it runs on all the major platforms, and all the major architectures. No recompiling, no library dependancies, just pure, beautiful object code.

Also, the argument that Java is slow is becoming less-and-less valid as JIT compilation becomes more-and-more effective.

Personally, I love Java. For what it does, it's one of the best, if not the best languages out there. On the other hand, it is not designed for simple text-based apps, nor is it designed for super-complex stand-alone apps.

Finally, as for the whole "standards" thing: Java is far more of a standard than VB ever was or will be. Also, Java was documented and standardized long before there was finally an ANSI C/C++ standard.
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