How Java is relates to C, C++ & C# programming language

• Java programming language syntax come from C programming language. 
• Java language object model is adapted from C++ programming language. 
• Java also inherits design philosophy from C/C++.
• Although Java was influenced by C++, it is not an enhanced version of C++. 
• Java has many distinct features than C/C++.
• Microsoft developed the C# (C- Sharp) language after few years of the creation of Java &  C# is closely related to Java.
  
• Many of C#’s features directly parallel Java. 
• Both Java and C# share the same general C++-style syntax, support distributed programming, and utilize the same object model. 
• There are, of course, differences between Java and C#, but the overall “look and feel” of these languages is very similar.

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