How can Java inline over virtual function boundaries?

Question

I\'m reading up some material on whether Java can be faster than C++, and came across the following quote:

Java can be faster than C++ because JITs can in

Answer 1

For what its worth, Java, C++, Assembly will provide relatively the same performance.

Yes, better performance can be acheived with handoptimzed C++, C, or Asm ... however, for the majorty of applications out there (try everything outside of serious graphics apps), that is not the bottleneck, -and- the lower cost of implementation makes up for any perceived lower performance.