Lexical Structure

• Java has a lexical structure similar to C and C++
• By design, to allow programmers familiar with either language to read Java programs with little difficulty
• Both C and C++-style comments:
  /* C-style comment: text is ignored up to comment ending */
// C++-style comment: text is ignored up to the end of the line
/** javap doc: text included in automatically generated documentation */
• Extensive set of reserved words (beyond C and C++). Many to be introduced during tutorial.