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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.

    • ...

Marc Gysin, James Cook University.

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