Ok, I worked in the company which decided to rewrite its middleware product from MS VC++ to Java, and I have some of my personal experiences (bitter ones). What this guy is saying is pure propaganda (play Lenon's Imagine while reading). Shortly, I've seen and tested some of Java components versus DCOM/MTS, and guess what - java is incredibly slow!I have full bag on the issue and I can fill whole book. Also, for debugging issuse - yes, Bounds Checker is wonderful tool - and I'm using it, but I have also used it's counterpart JCheck on java, and it comes to same thing - very bad programming and design, and I don't accept that C++ inherently allows you to make more bugs. I've seen also horrible bugs in java due to bad design. Sorry, I just had to relieve anger in this short time, which was accumulated in me during those days. Aleksandar Kostic