difference between C and Java on pointers

1.	difference between C and Java on pointers
Answer» (1)Both of these have pointers but JAVA pointers are not same as c pointers. (2)Pointers in Java are not EXPLICIT like in C language. (3)JVM internally uses pointers and these pointers cannot be directly manipulated. (4)A pointer is a variable that holds the memory address of data. In Java there are only references which do not hold any memory address but which are INDICES in a table and this table has then the real pointer to the data. (5)Pointer ARITHMETIC is not possible with Java pointers.

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