E.g. - I personally prefer unchecked exceptions to error codes, but otherwise, compare C's "#include <stdio.h>" to Java's "import java.io....;". (markdown won

E.g. - I personally prefer unchecked exceptions to error codes, but otherwise, compare C's "#include <stdio.h>" to Java's "import java.io....;". (markdown won't let me put in a star here for some reason) The FILE * type is so much more compact an interface than the zoo in the Java io package. Select an appropriate fopen/popen "factory method call", and off you go. Regarding exception types, the Java libs have too many exception types you either must catch in the wrong place, or redeclare as thrown, rather than how C# does it with unchecked exceptions.