History and Features of Java
Java
programming language was originally developed by Sun Microsystems which was
initiated by James Gosling and released in 1995 as core component of Sun
Microsystems' Java platform (Java 1.0 [J2SE]). History of even naming of the
Java is very interesting. It went under many names.
GreenTalk
James
Gosling was leading a team named as 'Green' team. Target of this team was to
create a new project which can. Initially C++ was the original choice to
develop the project. James Gosling wanted to enhance C++ to achieve the target
but due to high memory usage, that idea was rejected and team started with a
new language initially named as GreenTalk. The file extension used as .gt.
Later this language was termed as Oak and finally to Java.
Oak
James
Gosling renamed language to Oak. There was an Oak tree in front of his office.
James Gosling used this name as Oak represents solidarity and Oak tree is the
national tree of multiple countries like USA, France, Romania etc. But Oak
technologies already had Oak as a trademark and James team had to brainstorm
another title for the language.
Java
Team put
multiple names like DNA, Silk, Ruby and Java. Java was finalized by the team.
James Gosling tabled Java title based on type of espresso coffee bean. Java is
an island in Indonesia where new coffee was discovered termed as Java coffee.
As per James Gosling, Java was among the top choice along with Silk. Finally,
Java was selected as it was quite unique and represented the essence of being
dynamic, revolutionary and fun to say.