Java has been a programming stalwart since its inception in 1995, and remains one of the most popular languages for web applications and big data processing, however, Kotlin, a relatively new kid ...

Scroll through the list of other programming languages created in the 90s and you won’t find many names you’d still recognize today, yet Java is still prevalent across the industry.

May 30, 2025 at 3:46 a.m. PT Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull.