04-28-2011, 02:45 AM
The massive growth of the Internet and the World-Wide Web leads us to a completely new way of looking at development of software that can run on different platforms like Windows, Linux and Solaris etc.
Right Language, Right Time
Java came on the scene in 1995 to immediate popularity.
Before that, C and C++ dominated the software development
1. compiled, no robust memory model, no garbage collector causes memory leakages, not great support of built in libraries
Java brings together a great set of "programmer efficient" features
2. Putting more work on the CPU to make things easier for the programmer.
Right Language, Right Time
Java came on the scene in 1995 to immediate popularity.
Before that, C and C++ dominated the software development
1. compiled, no robust memory model, no garbage collector causes memory leakages, not great support of built in libraries
Java brings together a great set of "programmer efficient" features
2. Putting more work on the CPU to make things easier for the programmer.