How Java was created?

Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which has since been acquired by Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them. read more

The Java 1.0 compiler was re-written in Java by Arthur van Hoff to comply strictly with the Java 1.0 language specification. With the advent of Java 2 (released initially as J2SE 1.2 in December 1998 – 1999), new versions had multiple configurations built for different types of platforms. read more

Led by James Gosling, the team worked around the clock and created the programming language that would revolutionize our world – Java. The Green Team demonstrated their new language with an interactive, handheld home-entertainment controller that was originally targeted at the digital cable television industry. read more

Java was created because of the following reasons : -Internet; Garbage Collection; More Complex Programming that led to OOPS concept. C++ could not enable logic part to website pages that gave java a chance to get into the market. read more