Although I guess that is telling that one of LMAX  authors (Martin Thompson) has moved back to support C++ alongside Java on his newer product.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.de&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.de&#x2F;</a><p>I guess C++ progress in the last years has helped this.