title: Development time in various languages
body: <p>Does anybody know of any research or benchmarks of how long it takes to develop the same application in a variety of languages?  Really I'm looking for Java vs. C++ but any comparisons would be useful.  I have the feeling there is a section in Code Complete about this but my copy is at work.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>
  
  <p>There are a lot of interesting answers to this question but it seems like there is a lack of really good research.  I have made a <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32833/stackoverflow-lanaguage-research">proposal</a> over at meta about this problem.</p>