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Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> writes:
> ...
> * Java: I don't see that it is much higher level than C++. It has a
> GC, but that's all, and you can have that in C++, too, if you want. On
> the other hand, you loose the metaprogramming facilities provided by
> C++ templates (needs a guru to make a library, but can be handy and
> easy to use, e.g. everything in Boost). You loose direct memory
> access, gaining what? no idea.

Automatic memory compaction -- which can be quite helpfull with
long running applications (avoiding memory fragmentation).