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Java is one of the most popular and widely used programming languages.

Java has been one of the most popular programming languages for many years.
Java is Object Oriented. However, it is not considered as pure object-oriented as
it provides support for primitive data types (like int, char, etc)
The Java codes are first compiled into byte code (machine-independent code). Then
the byte code runs on Java Virtual Machine (JVM) regardless of the underlying
architecture.
Java syntax is similar to C/C++. But Java does not provide low-level programming
functionalities like pointers. Also, Java codes are always written in the form of
classes and objects.
Java is used in all kinds of applications like Mobile Applications (Android is
Java-based), desktop applications, web applications, client-server applications,
enterprise applications, and many more.
When compared with C++, Java codes are generally more maintainable because Java
does not allow many things which may lead to bad/inefficient programming if used
incorrectly. For example, non-primitives are always references in Java. So we
cannot pass large objects (like we can do in C++) to functions, we always pass
references in Java. One more example, since there are no pointers, bad memory
access is also not possible.
When compared with Python, Java kind of fits between C++ and Python. The programs
are written in Java typically run faster than corresponding Python programs and
slower than C++. Like C++, Java does static type checking, but Python does not.

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