Hi Friend,

1)Please visit the following link:

http://www.roseindia.net/java/java-introduction/java-features.shtml

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2)Differences:

1)Java is pure object oriented programming language but c/c++ is not.

2)Java is platform independent but C/C++ is not.

3)Java is consistent,compact and portable but C/C++ is not.

4)Java has safe and secure execution environment in comparison to C/C++.

5)C/C++ compilers supports preprocessor but Java does not have a preprocessor.

6)C/C++ uses pointer but java does not support.

7)Multiple inheritance is a feature of C++ but java does not support multiple inheritance.

8)C and C++ have no built-in support for text strings but in Java, strings are implemented as first class objects.

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3)You can use NotePad, EditPlus, Eclipse or NetBeans

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4)
The method is public because it be accessible to the JVM to begin execution of the program.

It is Static because it be available for execution without an object instance. you may know that you need an object instance to invoke any method. So you cannot begin execution of a class without its object if the main method was not static.

It returns only a void because, once the main method execution is over, the program terminates. So there can be no data that can be returned by the Main method

The last parameter is String args[]. This is used to signify that the user may opt to enter parameters to the java program at command line. We can use both String[] args or String args[]. The Java compiler would accept both forms.

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5)It handles command line arguments.IF you won't mention it, you can not handle these arguments.

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