* C++ was designed mainly for systems programming, extending the C programming language. To this procedural programming language designed for efficient execution, C++ has added support for statically-typed object-oriented programming, exception handling, scoped resource management, and generic programming, in particular. It also added a standard library which includes generic containers and algorithms.
* Java was created initially to support network computing. It relies on a virtual machine to be secure and highly portable. It is bundled with an extensive library designed to provide a complete abstraction of the underlying platform. Java is a statically typed object-oriented language that uses a syntax similar to C, but is not compatible with it. It was designed from scratch, with the goal of being easy to use and accessible to a wider audience.