History of java
Assignment Module: Computer Programming Year : 1 Lecturer: Mr Kanu Name of Student: Abdulraman Vandi Department: Information Technology BRIEF HISTORY OF JAVE James Gosling , Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June 1991. Java was originally designed for interactive television, but it was too advanced for the digital cable television industry at the time. The language was initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office. Later the project went by the name Green and was finally renamed Java , from Java coffee , a type of coffee from Indonesia . Gosling designed Java with a C / C++ -style syntax that system and application programmers would find familiar. It was released in May 1995 as a core component of Sun's Java platform . The original and reference implementation Java compilers , virtual machines,...