Today's Featured Article - Java
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Java is an object-oriented programming language developed initially by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems. Initially called Oak (named after the oak trees outside Gosling's office), it was intended to replace C++, although the feature set better resembles that of Objective-C. Sun Microsystems currently maintains and updates Java regularly.
Specifications of the Java language, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the Java API are community-maintained through the Sun-managed Java Community Process. Java was developed in 1991 by Gosling and other Sun engineers, as part of the Green Project. After first being made public in 1994, it achieved prominence following the announcement at 1995's SunWorld that Netscape would be including support for it in their Navigator browser.
Java is often confused with JavaScript, with which it shares only a similar C-like syntax.
for more information, please see wiki
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The most important thing about java is that it's a concurrent language ...
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what does that means?Originally posted by Fatum:The most important thing about java is that it's a concurrent language ... 
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It wasn't to replace C++.....Originally posted by FireIce:it was intended to replace C++
Oak is supposed to be a cross-platform language that can run consumer electronics like television, videos etc. But it failed in terms of industry adoption.
Then Bill Joy from Sun Microsystem, who is a friend of james gosling, saw a potential for Oak in the internet. -
ok, then u go edit the wiki article lohOriginally posted by SnowFlag:It wasn't to replace C++.....
Oak is supposed to be a cross-platform language that can run consumer electronics like television, videos etc. But it failed in terms of industry adoption.
Then Bill Joy from Sun Microsystem, who is a friend of james gosling, saw a potential for Oak in the internet. -
sequential programs executes routines one at a time ... in sequence ...Originally posted by SnowFlag:what does that means?
e.g execute routine x,
execute routine y,
that's how everyone started their toddler steps into the world of programming ....
but suppose you want to execute both at the same time ? ...
that's where concurrency comes in ... and a language like java that supports concurrency allows you to write programs that allows you to do that ...
I won't go into too much details here .... cos there are a lot of attendent issues here .... (critical sections (two routines accessing some common variables), logical versus "true" concurrency (time multiplexed CPU versus multiple CPU (multi-programming etc )) ...
but if you're a budding programmer then i encourage you to explore some of these Java packages, Threads (for concurrency), RMI, CORBA, etc ... really ... Java is much more than just a first programming language for most of us ... 
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anyway, i am just saying many decent programming languages support concurrency.
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oh yes you're right ...Originally posted by SnowFlag:anyway, i am just saying many decent programming languages support concurrency.
and so do most modern OS right now, natively, eh ...