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Java is "object-oriented" (unlike say Perl4 or Basic) which makes it is easier to build large software systems without them looking like your bedroom
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Java is independent of platform -- runs on all computers
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Java has "threads" built in allowing more than one thing to be done at the same time
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Java supports "exceptions" (nice way of coping with errors which are often inevitable)
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Java has an EXCELLENT security model -- it is by far the safest of any of the common languages
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Java is simpler than C++
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There are other important technical issues (pointers, garbage collection, good inheritance model)
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