> I find a lot of similarities between Java and C++. Java is basically a subset of C++ with some sugar around. I learned Java and C++ at the same time. And I

> I find a lot of similarities between Java and C++. Java is basically a subset of C++ with some sugar around. I learned Java and C++ at the same time. And I had a hard time doing it because I believed Sun's marketing department that Java was a better C++. When I finally realized that was a classic bit of puffery, and that the marketing was simply trying to make Java look powerful by association with C++, I was able to make some progress.