Editing Comparison of Java and C++ (section)

=== Libraries ===
* C++ provides [[cross-platform]] access to many features typically available in platform-specific libraries. Direct access from Java to native operating system and hardware functions requires the use of the [[Java Native Interface]], or since Java 21, the Foreign Function and Memory API, which allow for allocating and managing memory outside of the Java Virtual Machine, as well as calling native (i.e. C/C++) functions.
* The [[C++ standard library]] is designed to be minimalistic, providing only a standardised set of general use features, while the [[Java Class Library]] and [[Java Platform Module System]] (the Java standard library) is much more extensive, providing a much larger comprehensive standardised set of features, such as graphics, UI creation, and more.