Pure C++ or Java is no longer acceptable
I often get job offers that don’t mention high level languages. I can’t help but feel like it’s 1993 all over again. Apps in pure C++ or Java are equivalent to pure ASM code of the past. If you were a developer who cared about performance, you read Abrash and used inline ASM inside of C. Today, capable developers write C extensions for Python or Ruby and save tons of development and maintenance effort.
