CP2003 - Principles of Programming Languages
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Java?!
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The Java Language has the Following Characteristics
Familiar:
Java "looks familiar" to C and C++ programmers.
Java is an intelligent integration of the best features of many programming languages.
Simple:
Many of the redundant features are removed.
KISS: keep it simple and stupid. Programmers are not burdened with
Pointer arithmetic.
Explicitly freeing memory. (There is a built-in garbage collector.)
Operator overloading.
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Marc Gysin, James Cook University.
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