Lol. C++ isn't that portable, you know? Different operating systems equal different ways of doing things. That's why Java runs over a Virtual Machine, so it can recognize the basic data types and automatically converting them to the OS specification (therefore, the developer doesn't have to manually change int to long int for example, because Linux offers a smaller memory block for ints), even if that means a performance cut-off. This is portability, writing ONE application, and running it in multiple environments.

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