[markus_heiden]

Jup, the only problem with java is the startup time of the vm and the memory usage is higher than for other languages. But the api and the language are ways more intuitive than c++ and you have more libs and need less effort to install them. i never want to write a business app in c++ if there is an option to do it in java.

c# is pretty the same than java is, but there are still not enough libs and the namespace design is a little bit strange. anyways i would prefer it to c++.

Eclipse is a very good ide for java (while still intellij idea is the best). the cdt lacks a lot of features the jdt has, but the jdt features are harder to implement for c++, because the languages is too big. so this features maybe never find a way into the cdt.

i worked with msvc too and i had to say that i like the eclipse way much more than the msvc way. then only thing missing in the cdt is a good c++ debugger like msvc has. currently i am using the cdt with cygwin and i am satisfied.