Java Programming
Java Programming
AGE: 22
Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which has since been
acquired by Oracle) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java
platform. The original and reference implementation Java compilers, virtual machines, and class
libraries were originally released by Sun under proprietary licenses. As of May 2007, in
compliance with the specifications of the Java Community Process, Sun had relicensed most of
its Java technologies under the GNU General Public License. Meanwhile, others have developed
alternative implementations of these Sun technologies, such as the GNU Compiler for Java
(bytecode compiler), GNU Classpath (standard libraries), and IcedTea-Web (browser plugin for
applets).
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