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Java programming language

I don't know too much about programming, but even I have had some training in the java programming language. It's one of the most basic, easiest languages to learn when entering the world of computers and computing, and its study is a necessary step for a well-rounded understanding of what computers can do, and how.

The java programming language itself is derived from C and C++, but it's simpler and less unwieldy. As a result, it's also less dense and precise, but for all but serious programmers, it more than suffices. In my experience with the java programming language - which is moderate at best - I've never found it to be unable to perform the task at hand.

The entry at wikipedia.org has a good breakdown of the history and complexities of the java programming language. It reads as follows:

James Gosling initiated the Java language project in June 1991 for use in one of his many set-top box projects. The language, initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office, also went by the name Green and ended up later renamed as Java, from a list of random words. Gosling aimed to implement a virtual machine and a language that had a familiar C/C++ style of notation.

Sun released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1995. It promised "Write Once, Run Anywhere" (WORA), providing no-cost run-times on popular platforms. Fairly secure and featuring configurable security, it allowed network- and file-access restrictions. Major web browsers soon incorporated the ability to run Java applets within web pages, and Java quickly became popular. With the advent of Java 2 (released initially as J2SE 1.2 in December 1998), new versions had multiple configurations built for different types of platforms. For example, J2EE targeted enterprise applications and the greatly stripped-down version J2ME for mobile applications. J2SE designated the Standard Edition. In 2006, for marketing purposes, Sun renamed new J2 versions as Java EE, Java ME, and Java SE, respectively.

In addition, there were five core principles upon which the java programming language was based. The following list is also from wikipedia.org:

1. It should be "simple, object oriented, and familiar".

2. It should be "robust and secure".

3. It should be "architecture neutral and portable".

4. It should execute with "high performance".

5. It should be "interpreted, threaded, and dynamic".

Java originally was regarded as an inferior product that took up too much memory, but by the turn of the century had carved out a wide swathe of the market as performance improved.

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