Chapter 4. Moving from C++ to Java
If you are moving from C++ to Java there is good news. The transition from C++ to Java is easier than the transition from C or Fortran to Java. The developers of Java based their language in part on C++. Much of the basic syntax is the same. Java is also an object-oriented language. You will still be defining classes, constructors, and so on. One way to think about Java is that it is a streamlined, expanded, purely object-oriented version of C++.
The language is streamlined because the developers of Java sought to include many of the more useful features of C++ while eliminating things that were of marginal value and/or could lead you into trouble. One of the key goals of the developers of Java was to eliminate ...
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