History of Java
Java evolved from C++, which evolved from C, which evolved from BCPL and B.C
§Originally implemented in 1972
§Evolved from B by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories
§Became widely known as the UNIX operating system’s development language
§Today, most of the code for general-purpose operating systems is written in C or C++.
C++
§An extension of C
§Developed by Bjarne Stroustrupin the early 1980s at Bell Laboratories
§Provides capabilities for object-oriented programming.
§Hybrid language—it’s possible to programin either a C-like style, an object-oriented style or both.
Microprocessors are having a profound impact in intelligent consumer-electronic devices.
1991
§Recognizing this, Sun Microsystems funded an internal corporate research project, which resulted in a C++-based language named Java
§Created by James Gosling.
1993
§The web exploded in popularity
§Sun saw the potential of using Javato add dynamic content to web pages.
Java garnered the attention of the business community because of the phenomenal interest in the web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history


