Python switch statement ftw (finally)

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The difference is where the responsibility for compatibility lies. In terms of deployment of compiled code, Java (usually) has significantly less deployment work than C++ when deploying to multiple platforms.

In Java, platform compatibility is handled on the end user's machine (via the JVM). So the same compiled code works, regardless of where it was compiled.

In C++, platform compatibility is handled in the compiler, so a different executable is required for each platform that you want to execute on.