Hard Java

ABSTRACT

Sun Microsystems has been a fantastic repository of talent for years, somewhat reminiscent of Apple Computer and the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Sun developed the SPARC line of CPUs for their Solaris Operating System (a flavor of Unix). This group devised the only-ever hardware- and software-independent computer boot-up system (OpenBoot / Open Firmware / IEEE 1275). They also brought forth Java, a programming language which today seems ubiquitous and indispensable.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.2 HISTORY OF COMPUTING

Additional Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.1 INTRODUCTORY AND SURVEY

  D. Software
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      D.3.2 Language Classifications

          Nouns: Java

General Terms:
Design