PROGRAMMERS: WIND RIVER C++ vs LABVIEW vs JAVA

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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

I generally recommend C++ to people who are experienced with programming, and Java to most everyone else. My experience with Java has been that it's design choices make bugs in Java code easier to find. My biggest complaint about Java and C++ is that it's hard to get data back from them in a visually easy way to use.

We've been using text files to store constants recently. So, it's really easy to change constants and they stick across reboots. Edit it on the local machine, and run a script to FTP it up into place.

My first impression of Java (and this will remain my impression until I have to learn it for some reason) was that Java code contains lots of fluff. What is the real difference and what makes it better for newbies? Is it just the fact that it's easier to make memory problems in C++?

(I don't mean to be argumentative; I'm simply curious why it seems to be considered the norm to begin programming with Java. I don't know anything about the language except that it's interpreted and has C-like syntax.)