Java
You do not use pointers in
Java because the language designers decided to abstract memory management to a higher level in
Java than in C. The reason for this is that it is easy to make mistakes using pointers and other lower level memory management techniques. These mistakes can lead to bugs. hard to read code, memory leaks that waste system resources, and security issues. Instead for the most part
Java takes care of memory management for the user who can instead specify behavior though the object oriented techniques that are safer and easier to understand. The downside is that the programmers lose some control and flexibility in using memory. Also, programs using
Java take a small performance hit in some cases because of the extra work
Java has to do to manage memory itself.
They are, however in Java they are called references.
