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The Internet and Java Emerge

The next major advance in programming languages is Java. Work on Java, which was 

originally called Oak, began in 1991 at Sun Microsystems. The main driving force behind 

Java’s design was James Gosling. Patrick Naughton, Chris Warth, Ed Frank, and Mike 

Sheridan also played a role.

Java is a structured, object-oriented language with a syntax and philosophy derived from 

C++. The innovative aspects of Java were driven not so much by advances in the art of 

programming (although some certainly were), but rather by changes in the computing 

environment. Prior to the mainstreaming of the Internet, most programs were written, 

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