The Birth Of Java

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By Lon Hosford

Did you know that Java was invented to anticipate the "wave of the future" where "digitally controlled consumer devices and computers" would converge?

 
Programming languages come and go. I have written a few minor ones myself. Only a few are part of the mainstream. How did  Java catch the programming community's attention in 1995 to become a significant programming language?
 
You should find your answer in this article:
 
http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.html