CS-240

Dick Steflik
What is going on ?

• CS-140
– Intro to Programming
– Java

• CS-240
– Data Structures (definitely not intro)
– C++
Java
or
C++
 C++ this semester

• Data Structures are language independent

• C++, it’s just another language
• The syntax of Java and C++ are very
similar
– the symantics are different, we’ll investigate
those differences
• Both support object orientation
 Java C++
• Interpreted • Compiled
• optimized for the • optimized for
internet workstation usage
• Derived from C++ • derived from C
• Good object model • Poorer object model
• Widely accepted as • Widely accepted as
the internet workstation program-
programming ming language
language • about 15 years old
• about 10 years
This semester…

• You’ll learn quit a lot of C++

• More about OOP
• Get an intuitive introduction to Algorithms
and Algorithm Analysis
The Java Compiler

• Translates Java source code into java

bytecodes
– java bytecodes are the machine language for the
Java Virtual Machine
• the JVM is a hypothetical machine that written
mostly in Java but a little bit in C++ and is compiled
specifically for various platforms (Windows, Sun,
HP, LINUX)
• Bytecodes are portable between platforms
The C++ Compiler

• Translates C++ source code into the

machine language for the hardware
platform
– output of the compiler are object files (.obj)
which are partially ready to run
– object files must be linked together using the
system linker to make an executable file (.exe)
• .exe files are specific for the hardware platform
• C++ is portable only at the source level
Java import statements

• imports indicate which parts of which java

packages an application will need at run
time
– also allows the compiler to run to completion
and not indicate that the class isn’t part of the
file being compiles
• Remember the compiler only works with
the file being compiled
C++ include statements

• indicate to the compiler preprocessor which

files (source) to include in the file to be
compiled. Included files are actually copied
into the source file and replace the #include
statement.
Java application

• is defined as a class that is instantiated

when the program is run
• main() is the name of the function to be run
initially
• constructor is used initialize the class
C++ application

• classes are/can be used by a C++

application; but the application is not itself
an instantiated class (like Java)
• main() is the name of the function where the
executable file starts execution
• C++ classes do not have main() functions
• C++ objects are initialized via class
constructors, C++ applications are
initialized in the main() function.
Java - HelloWorld

public class HelloWorld {

public static void main(String args[]) {
System.out.println(“Hellow World”);
}
}
C++ - HelloWorld

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
cout << “Hello World” << “\n”;
}
Java Application Development

classpath

Java Source Java Class

javac JVM
File File

Compile into bytecodes

base classes

Run the program

C++ application development

C++ Source Object

compiler Linker .EXE File
File File

C++ Include
System
Files Object
Files