The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

The name “Java,” of course. Java, the programming language, isn’t even 30 years old yet, but the history of the word goes back several centuries, to a time when coffee trees were plentiful ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto. The November edition of TIOBE’s top programming languages list holds a surprise: For the first time in its 20-year history, C and Java don’t occupy the top two spots ...

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images. Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool.Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull.However, while Java, which turned 30 on ...

On May 23, 1995, a seemingly modest programming language called Java was released by Sun Microsystems. At the time, it introduced the catchy promise of "write once, run anywhere" - a proposition ...

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index. Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data centers ...

According to The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index, in February 2022, Java was the second most popular language in the world, and its use has grown by 1.2% compared to February 2021.