A comparison of Java and C
Shyamal Suhana Chandra, Kailash Chandra · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2005
Java is becoming very prevalent as a first programming language in some major universities. While other universities are still using C++ and planning to switch to Java, we have a new and emerging language C# (pronounced as C Sharp) on the block. It seems to be the appropriate time to look at these two languages in terms of their introductory programming concepts and discuss the strengths and weaknesses harnessed in each separating one from the other. Keeping this in mind, we have looked at both of these languages, developed some simple programs, and provided our initial impressions. We believe that this comparison will be very helpful; not only in selecting the first programming language, but also knowing what features should remain in future programming languages to come.