Similarities in languages

[darth vardhan]

Hey everyone!I am a freshman taking my first ever programming course ,it is based on java programming.Since I would like to pursue a computer science degree but have no previous experience I would like to know if there are any similarities in java,C,C++ and what are the things I should commit to memory to have a successful career.
Thanks!

[supperpiccle]

There are alot of similarities but each is different....when you program in c you think c c++ think c++ java think java if you start programming in java remembering things from c++ you could end up with a mess. Learning program flow will help you more than anything else....well that and algorithims