1. Java was made OO from ground up. No pointer arithmetic, all code is encapsulated in classes, etc. 2. C++ has some unusual OO features -- friends, multiple-i

1. Java was made OO from ground up. No pointer arithmetic, all code is encapsulated in classes, etc. 2. C++ has some unusual OO features -- friends, multiple-inheritance. 3. Most importantly, Java is significantly more approachable than C++ due to automatic memory management.