Java's “idiot-proofness” (at least compared to C++). Java comes with 100-percent portable libraries, including (as doesC++) I/O, threads, and the like. Moreover, Java supports portable GUIsand more, ...

The difference harks back to Java’s C -based heritage. C++, Java and the length of an array. The Java programming language was written in such a way that developers who program in C and C++ can more ...