I was asked this question in an interview recently List 5 advantages of C over Java! The only things I could think of were C has pointers and C is faster! what could be the other advantages?? Thanks, Ted
Advantages are in the mind of the beholder. C is a lower-level language, with more direct control over the machine as actually built. It compiles to directly executable machine instructions, rather than requiring a virtual machine to exist, at run time, on the target. This reduced abstraction is an advantage in some instances and a detriment in others.
I will add some more to the list 1. No global variables in java (Dont Quote me on this but its advantage many a times like the LFC theApp variable) 2. No preprocessor in java. If it would have been C++ there are many more to add like 1. No support for mulitple inheritence 2. No support for templates 3. Cannot overload operators
