Which is better:C++ or Java???

Hey,People (like my friends)keep tellin me that C++ is better, quicker, etc. than Java! I thnk Java is a lot better. What do you think is better and why so I could have a come-back when me and my friends are arguing about it?

Neither language is wholly "better" than the other. The more appropriate language is determined by the situation. For example, if you don't have much time to code and need your application to be incredibly portable with minimal extra code and testing, Java is almost certainly your best go. If, on the other hand, you want to write a specialized boot loader for your computer, C or C++ are better choices (primarily because Java can't do that).
Of course, if you know how to do things a certain way, the way you know how to do them is always better, even if it's less efficient...
"We must prick them with quills! It's the only way!"
-- A porcupine in the comic strip "Dilbert"

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