Difference Between C and JAVA

C	Java
Procedure Oriented Programming Language	True Object oriented Programming Language
C  was developed by Dennis Ritchie..	Java was developed by James Gosling and his team. Development began in 1991.
C is a compiled language.	Java is both compiled and interpreted.
C  programs are platform dependent. They need to be compiled for a particular platform.	Java programs are platform independent.
C supports global variables	Java does not supports global variables
C  fully support pointers.	Java has restricted support for pointers. Pointers are supported internally you cannot writer pointer programs.
C  supports structures and union.	Java does not support structures and union.
C supports Preprocessors header files	Java does not C supports Preprocessors header files
C  supports goto statement (however the use of goto is discouraged as not considered a good practice)	Java does not support goto statement (although goto is a reserved keyword in Java)
C provides support both for call by value and call by reference.	Java supports only call by value.