The feel of Java
Gosling, J.
Sun Microsyst. Inc., Mountain View, CA;
This paper appears in: Computer
Publication Date: Jun 1997
Volume: 30,
Issue: 6
On page(s): 53-57
ISSN: 0018-9162
References Cited: 0
CODEN: CPTRB4
INSPEC Accession Number: 5604187
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/2.587548
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
Java evolved out of a Sun research project started six years ago
to look into distributed control of consumer electronics devices. At
that time, the priori ties of the consumer electronics industry were
quite different from those in the computer industry. Whereas five years
ago the computer industry's mantra was compatibility, the consumer
electronics industry considered security, networking, portability, and
cost to be far more important. The buzzwords that have been applied to
Java-distributed computing, architecture neutrality, and so on-derive
directly from this context. The article provides a first-hand account of
some of the design decisions underlying Java and the rationale behind
them
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