Java TOPIC 03 – INTRODUCING JAVA LESSON NOTE BRIEF HISTORY Java was created at Sun Microsystems
in 1995. By the late 90s, it had
become one of the major programming languages. In fact, many universities adopted Java as
their programming language of choice just a few years after it was released. Java is still today one of the most used
languages in the world. ORACLE Sun Microsystems merged with Oracle in
2010. It is on Oracle’s website that
you can download Java products and find the Java Documentation. FEATURES
OF JAVA Java was designed with the following
five principles in mind: 1.
Simple,
Object-Oriented and Familiar 2.
Robust
and Secure 3.
Architecture
Neutral and Portable 4.
High
Performance 5.
Interpreted,
Threaded and Dynamic (source)
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