&gt; biggest advantages to writing code in C++: the ability to compile for multiple platforms. It&#x27;s extremely unlikely that one has a compiler for every platform that supports all of these features.<p>Do you have war wounds from the C++ ARM or K&amp;R C days?<p>I have. That was one of the reasons many of us enjoyed using Java.<p>It was much easier than dealing with all compiler and OS compatibility issues.<p>The situation with C++14 compatibility is way better than on those days.