Java is spreading into one of the last, most demanding frontiers of computing--but getting it there has required some compromises from Sun Microsystems on the basic principles of the software.

Java's origins trace back to the early 1990s, when a team at Sun Microsystems led by James Gosling set out to develop a language for interactive ...

The principles of computing immersion introduces students from interdisciplinary backgrounds (for majors outside of computing, mathematics, or informatics) to the central ideas of computing. In this ...

Proponents say Java is the 'here to stay' language, prized for its enterprise-grade stability and ongoing innovation through ...

The big data revolution, for example, is primarily a Java phenomenon. In industry and business, most of server-side computing is done using Java applications. And much of the Internet of Things is ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional ... or traditional developers who need to make the switch, these seven principles of ...

and even human safety -- the Association for Computing Machinery's global Technology Policy Council (ACM TPC) has issued 'Principles for the Development, Deployment, and Use of Generative AI ...