Similarities and Difference between C++ and Java

Both of these are programming languages that we mostly utilize in competitive

coding and various other industries due to the range of features they offer. C++ is
pretty popular among various coders because it is very efficient, utilizes memory
dynamically, and works at a great speed. Java, on the other hand, is most popular in
the IT sector because it offers an incomparable software development service to all
of its users.

What is C++?
It is a computer programming language, and it contains the features of both- the C
programming language and Simula67 (it is the first object-oriented language). The
concept of Objects and Class came into existence with C++. It means that it
encapsulates both- low-level and high-level features. Thus, it acts as a language of
the intermediate level. This language was previously known as C with Classes since
it came with all the properties contained in the C language.

What is Java?
Sun Microsystems developed this programming language. A team of software
developers worked on developing it. These people were called the Green Team, and
they initiated this language in 1991.

Similarities Between Java and C++

They are both very popular and successful programming languages. There are
various ways in which both of these differ, but there are also various similarities
between them. Here are some of them:

 Both the languages support object-oriented programming.

 They have the very same type of syntax.
 The comments syntax is identical between Java and C++.
 The conditional statements (such as switch, if-else, etc.) and loops (such as for, while
etc.) are similar among them both.
 The relational and arithmetic operators are the same for both of these.
 The execution of both of these programs begins from the main function.
  The primitive data types are the same in both.
 They both have various similar types of keywords.
 They have multi-threading support.
 They have pretty similar areas of applications.

Difference Between Java and C++

Here is a list of the differences between Java and C++.

Parameters Java C++

First Release The Java language came into existence on The C++ language first came into
23rd May 1995. existence in October 1985.

A stable form of The JDK 14 or Java SE was finally released on The C++ 17 was released back in
Release 17th March 2020. December 2017.

Founder James Gosling developed Java at Sun Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++ at Bell
Microsystems. Labs back in 1979 in the form of an
extension to the C language.

Platform The Java bytecode can easily work on any The C++ language is platform-dependent.
Dependency given OS (operating system). It is very much It means that we need to compile it for a
platform-independent. different platform.

Official Website The official website for Java is oracle.com/java The official website for C++ is isocpp.org

Influenced By The C#, C++, Pascal, Ada 83, and many more Smalltalk, Simula, ML, C, ALGOL 68,
languages have an influence on the Java Ada, and many more languages have an
language. influence on the C++ language.

Influenced To The Java language gets influenced to develop The C++ language gets influenced to
the BeanShell, Python, PHP, Kotlin, J#, Hack, develop the Seed7, Rust, Python, PHP,
Groovy, Scala, C#, Clojure, and many more Perl, Lua, JS++, Java, C99, and many
languages. more languages.

Portability It is a portable language. We can easily run It is not a portable language. It is because
Java on any given platform. the C++ language is platform-dependent.

Memory It has system-controlled memory management. It has a manual form of memory

Management management.

Compilation The Java language is both- interpreted as well The C++ language is only a compiled
as combined. language.

Virtual Keyword Java does not contain a virtual keyword. C++ contains a virtual keyword.

Overloading Java only provides support for method C++ provides support for both- operator
overloading, and it does not come with overloading as well as method
operator overloading. overloading.

Pointers Java provides very limited support for pointers. C++ provides strong support for pointers.

Multiple Java provides support only for single C++ can partially achieve multiple
Inheritance inheritance. inheritance using interfaces. It provides
support for both multiple as well as single
inheritance.

Type It is only an object-oriented type of It is both- an object-oriented and a

programming language. procedural programming language.

Global Scope Java does not have support for global scope. C++ provides support for both
namespace scope and global scope.

Management of Java has automatic object management and C++ uses delete and supports manual
Objects also a garbage collection. object management using new and
delete.

Libraries There is no support for direct native library C++ comes with support for direct system
calls. It uses the Java Native Interfaces. library calls. Thus, it is very suitable for
system-level programming.

Unions and There is no support for Unions and Structures There is support for Unions and
Structures in Java. Structures in C++.

Passing Java provides support for only the C++ provides support for both Pass by
Parameter technique of Pass by Value. Reference and Pass by Value.

Thread Support It provides support for documentation It does not come with built-in support for
 comment for source code (e.g, /**.. */). threads. It depends a lot on the third-party
threading libraries.

Documentation Java provides support for C++ does not provide any support for
Comment documentation comment for source documentation comments for the source code.
code (e.g, /**.. */).