Released in 1995, the philosophy behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." In other words, a program written in Java can theoretically run on any machine that supports it. While the implementation ...

A Java compiler is a program that takes the text file work of a developer and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file. Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), ...

Java was created over 25 years ago, and it is still one of the most popular programming languages. In this article, I will present an overview of how Java has grown to today's complex system and why ...

The Armonk, N.Y.-based vendor will be demonstrating the new resources at JavaOne 2004, which will be held next week in San Francisco. On its alphaWorks site, IBM showcases so-called alpha technologies ...