Java vs C

① Java has similarities to both C and C++,but it is neither upwardly nor downwardly compatible with both.

② C is a structured language, Java is purely object-oriented.

③ Java does not have C unique keywords like goto, sizeof and typedef.

④ C creates applications, Java creates both applications and applets.



⑤ Java unlike C does not have the data types struct, union and enum.

⑥ Java Java does not have the type modifiers auto, extern, register, signed and unsigned

⑦ Java does not support pointers.

⑧ Java does not have any pre-processor directives like #define, #include etc.

⑨ Java has no mechanism for defining variable arguments to functions.

⑩ Java adds new operators like instanceof and >>>.

⑪ Java adds labeled break and continue statements.

⑫ Java adds many OOP features not present in C.