If there are two programmers who are equally good, but one knows Java and the other knows C++, Google would hire both. Really. But, does Google prefer, on the margin, C++ over Java? Not really.

NSA to developers: Think about switching from C and C++ to a memory safe programming language For many developers, that could mean a shift towards C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust, and Swift.

This step irks those who are primarily focused on performance. Java vs. C++ performance In contrast, a program written in C++ gets compiled directly into machine code -- without an intermediary ...