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Who created the Java programming language?
Answer
James Gosling
James Gosling led a team at Sun Microsystems in creating Java in the mid-1990s, with official release in 1995. Java was designed with platform independence as a core principle—code compiled once could run on any system with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). This 'write once, run anywhere' philosophy, combined with strong object-oriented design and robust error handling, made Java the language of choice for enterprise applications, web services, and later Android mobile development.
💡 Did you know?
Java's 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' philosophy—allowing code to run unchanged across Windows, Mac, and Linux—was revolutionary in 1995.
Other options people guess
- Guido van Rossum
- Anders Hejlsberg
- Bjarne Stroustrup
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