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Answer» C++ and Java are programming languages with many differences and similarities. C++ supports both procedural as well as object-oriented programming language while Java is purely an object oriented programming language. The major differences between C++ and Java are GIVEN as follows: C++
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The main usage of C++ is for system programming.
| The main usage of Java is for application programming.
| Structures and Unions are supported by C++.
| Structures and Unions are not supported by Java.
| There is no build-in support for threads in C++.
| There is build-in support for threads in Java.
| The goto statement is supported by C++.
| The goto statement is not supported by Java.
| The >>> operator is not supported by C++.
| The >>> operator is supported by Java.
| Operator overloading is supported by C++.
| Operator overloading is not supported by Java.
| Call by VALUE and call by reference are both supported by C++.
| Only call by value is supported by C++.
| C++ is platform dependent.
| Java is platform independent.
| Single root hierarchy is not possible in C++.
| Single root hierarchy is possible in Java as everything is derived from java.lang.Object.
| There is no support for DOCUMENTATION comments in C++.
| There is support for documentation comments in Java to provide documentation for Java code.
| Multiple inheritance is supported in C++.
| Multiple inheritance is not supported in Java.
| There is a virtual keyword in C++. It is used to override a function.
| There is no virtual keyword in Java. Override of all non-static FUNCTIONS is possible by default.
| C++ is quite interactive with hardware.
| Java is not so interactive with hardware.
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