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Java was not publicly released until 1996? That is when I first remember it. So does this mean you were working at Sun at the time with Mr. Gosling? One of my
by rietta 9y ago
Java was not publicly released until 1996? That is when I first remember it. So does this mean you were working at Sun at the time with Mr. Gosling?
One of my clients is apparently friends with Mr. Gosling and was surprised when I recognized him from a photo at a Sharks game in the "oh wow! That's James Gosling". Never met, just from having read a wikipedia page.
- ChuckMcM 9y agoYes, technically Java was announced in March of 1995. I had joined the secret project known as 'Green' in 1992 to build an OS out of it and do networking and security work. (very old picture https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/marc/hotjava/doc/people.html https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/marc/hotjava/doc/people....)
- rietta 9y agoVery cool. My very first exposure to programming Java was being given a copy of Visual J++ 1 by a neighbor along with a book. I quickly learned that real Java was better. From the time I was 14, I was in love with coding starting with GW Basic, QBasic, Turbo C++, etc.