C

C++

Java

Based on Assembly Language

Based on C

Based on C and C++

Oldest

Newer as compared to C

Newest among the three

Designed for systems and applications programming

Designed for systems and applications programming

General-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented programming language

Developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 for Unix OS

Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup Starting In 1979 At Bell Labs

Developed by James Gosling from Sun Microsystems in 1991

Procedural Programming

Object Oriented Programming

Object Oriented Programming

Top-down approach

Bottom-up approach

Bottom-up approach

Compiled language

Compiled language

Interpreted language

Dependent on Platform

Dependent on Platform

Independent of Platform

Code executed directly

Code executed directly

Code executed by JVM

Supports 32 keywords

Supports 63 keywords

Supports 50 defined keywords

Supports union and structure data types

Supports union and structure data types

Does not support union and structure data types

Supports pre-processor directives such as #include, #define

Supports pre-processor directives such as #include, #define

Does not support pre-processor directives such as #include, #define

Supports header files

Supports header files

Uses packages

Does not support Inheritance

Supports Inheritance

Does not support multiple inheritance

Does not support Operator Overloading

Supports Operator Overloading

Does not support Operator Overloading

Supports pointers

Supports pointers

Does not support pointers

Compiled Code Translation

Compiled Code Translation

Interpreted Code Translation

Uses malloc, calloc for storage allocation

Uses new , delete for storage allocation

Uses garbage collector for storage allocation

Does not support multi-threading and interfaces

Does not support multi-threading and interfaces

Supports multi-threading and interfaces

Does not support exception handling

Supports exception handling

Supports exception handling

Does not support templates

Supports templates

Does not support templates

Supports storage classes like auto, external etc.

Supports storage classes like auto, external etc.

Does not support storage classes like auto, external etc.

Does not support Constructors or Destructors

Supports Constructors or Destructors

Does not support Constructors or Destructors

Does not support Database Connectivity

Does not support Database Connectivity

Supports Database Connectivity

Uses include statement for including the contents of screen

Uses include statement for including the contents of screen

Uses import statement for including the contents of screen

Uses goto

Uses goto

Does not goto