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A COMPARISION BETWEEN JAVA AND C++

Java and C++
A critical comparison
Software engineers are being forced to become multi-lingual. Any of you who have had the
pleasure of creating a web site know this. Reading this article will be something like that. I
freely swap between C++ and Java throughout. Those of you who are not familiar with Java
need not fear, you will find the syntax to be very similar to C++. However, for serious readers, a
Java reference guide might be a good thing to have nearby. Fortunately, the entire API for the
current release of Java is on-line at www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/
CurrentRelease/api/.
I want to make it very clear this is not a diatribe against one language or another. I happen to
like both Java and C++ quite a bit. I have been a long time programmer in C++, and have just
begun to program in Java. I find programming in Java to be a joy. But then, I find programming
in any language to be a joy, even JCL ;-).
This paper is simply a discussion of the differences in the two languages. I will not be
commenting heavily upon deficiencies in C++. These are already very well documented (see Ian
Joyner's famous critique of C++. For a copy write to: ian@syacus.acus.oz.au) I will, however,
be commenting about both the good and bad points that I perceive in Java. When I have good
things to say, this should not be taken as a recommendation of Java. By the same token, when I
have bad things to say, this should not be taken as a admonition against the use of Java. In both
cases, it is just me venting my opinion. Nothing more.
Up front, I'll say that I am looking forward to writing lots of neat Java applications and applets.
But that I am not going to give up C++ any time soon either.

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