Disadvantages of Java Language

Some of the disadvantages of

are:

1-

Performance

Java programs take much longer time to run compared to

/

. 2-

Memory

Since Java Programs run on top of

, it consumes more memory. 3-

Cost

Since memory and processing requirements higher, hardware cost increases. 4-

Low level programming

There is no support for low level programming in Java, like pointers are missing. 5-

Garbage collection

There is no control over garbage collection in Java. That is programmer does not have any right to control the garbage collection. Java does not provide functions like delete(), free(). 6-

No Unsigned Types

Unlike C/C++, Java does not support unsigned int, unsigned char, ... etc. However in Java 8, API for unsigned long and unsigned int is introduced. Beside all above disadvantages, Java is one of the most used language in the software industry due to its maintainability and platform independent features.