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C Data Types Not Supported By the Java Language
The Java language does not support three data types that are part of the C and C++ languages: struct, union, and pointer.Operators
There are a few differences in how certain operators in the Java language work as compared to both C and C++.Java Command Line Arguments Differ from C and C++
The command line arguments passed to a Java application are different in number and in type than those passed to a C or C++ program.Java Strings are First-Class Objects
In C and C++, strings are simply a null-terminated array of characters. The Java language uses the String class provided in the java.lang package.Miscellaneous Differences
There are several other minor differences between the C and C++ language and the Java language.