[NBLUG/talk] Java v. C++ in Linux

[Edward Mendoza]

I would like some input on the question of Java (the language, not the
script) v. C++ in the Linux environment.

First off, I have never worked in the Linux environment but I am very
interested in switching.
I would like to know if most Java and C++ programmers prefer to work in a
Linux or windoze environment?
Can you even work with Java or C++ in the Linux environment (I'm assuming
that you must be able to)?
Also, between Java and C++, which is the better language?
If Java is so great, then why hasn't it replaced C++ as the leading
programming language?
Is it because it is slower? Is it because it can't do everything that C++
can do?
Are my questions off base?
Am I being ignorant?
If so, please throw me a few bred crumbs.
I ask this because since Java came out a few years ago (6, 7, 8?) it has not
lived up to the enthusiastic expectations that were widely rumored. Java is
supposed to be able to create objects that are far more superior than the
ones you can make with C++, it's also supposed to have much more security
than C++, etc, etc.

Thanks, Edward