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History of Java


  • 1990 Oak (interactive television, big failure)
  • 1994 Java (for the Internet)
    • Main feature: "Write Once, Run Any Where" => wrap the operating system so they all look the same
  • Designed for
    • A fresh start (no backward compatibility)
    • “Pure” OOP: C++ Syntax, Smalltalk style
    • Improvements over C++ much harder to write a bad program 
    • Internet programming
      • Very hard to create a virus 
      • Run in a web browser (and at the server)
    • There is a speed issue (from Java 1.3 and up much better)
  • C# Microsoft's “Java-Killer” project release 2001
    • Language very similar to Java 
    •  Commen-Language Runtime (CLR) supports 30+ languages

  

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  1. UnknownNovember 6, 2015 at 6:06 AM

    hmm niz job continue further i have get a got knowledge about history of java keep going on it

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